Phnom Penh Travel Blogs - Page 13

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I wake from my nap before we go out to the club of choice. I decide to to go upstairs to have a drink before I call on my friends. As I go up I remember that there was supposed to be an independent movie shown (The hotel has an art gallery as well). As I turn the corner I see several people at the …

My tales of a trip which started in Bangkok. My travels took me to Angkor Watt, Phnom Penh, the beautiful beaches of Sihanoukville... After settling in Hong Kong for a month, I was also able to visit Kuala Lumpur, Beijing and Shanghai before returning to New York.

These are some photos and a few journal entries I wanted to share from my first solo backpacking trip. It lasted 9 months. In retrospect, I wish I had been on this site to write a blog in real time and learn from all the people here. Also, I just love seeing that map Travbuddy draws up outlining my route! I'll be adding my photos whenever I find some time so bare with me while I get them them up.

The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh is a former high school which was used as the notorious Security Prison 21 (S-21) by the Khmer Rouge regime from its rise to power in 1975 to its fall in 1979. Tuol Sleng in Khmer means "Hill of the Poisonous Trees".From 1975 to 1979, an estimated 17,000…

To avoid the annoying staff at OK guesthouse, we decided to try out the Sunday Guesthouse in a different area of town. The hostel was nice and the staff super but the location isn't great. We were however, close to the Olympic Stadium and managed to rise early for a jog around the running track. Th…

I got up at 6.00am, my bus was supposed to leave to Phnom Penh at 6.30am but a mistake was made and in actuality the earliest was 9.00am. But i was up so I took the moto into town, thinking to find a shared taxi. I found one instantly, a man ran up to me shouting "Phnom Penh", i said yes. He grabbe…

This blog is kept to map our travels through India, Nepal, China, and SE Asia in 2009. Click on it to see where we are and where we have been. To read about our travels please visit this site: thedailyruckus.com

This will be mainly just photos of my travels around Asia earlier this year. For the commentary see www.travelblog.org/bloggers/ant-and-allee

After Siem Reap, I spent a few days in Cambodia's Capital, Phnom Penh.  I thought the traffic in Bangkok and Siem Reap was bad! - 10 times worse here - everybody just keeps driving, nobody yielding the right of way etc. Still it all seems to work and I didn't witness any collisions while I was the…

Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand

Phnom Penh (Killing Fields, S21, Wat Phnom, Royal Palace & Silver Pagoda) - Ratanakiri (Ban Lung, Boeng Yeak Lom, Voen Sai, Kachon) - Kratie/Klampi (Dolphins) - Kompong Cham - Kompong Thom (Wat Nakor, Phnom Pros, Skuon/Spiderville, Sambor Prei Kuk) - Siem Reap (Sunset at Phnom Bakheng, Bantey Srei, Bantey Samre, Eastern Mebon, Preah Neak Pean, Preah Kahn, Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom & Ta Phrom) - Sihanoukville. Full travel journal: www.edsander.com/travel/cambodia/

So my friends and I took the boat from Phnom Penh to Siem Riep to see the countryside. This was my third time traveling on the Mekong River to get to Siem Riep and it's always an exciting adventure. The fun part was walking a six inch plank, with your massive suitcase, to get to dry land from the boat at the end.

Three girls backpacking to China, South Korea, Nepal, India, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand. Main objectives; hike in the Himalayas, volunteer at an animal rescue centre in Delhi

Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and beyond! We follow the heavy trailed backpackers path as well as making some new ones...!