Phnom Penh Travel Blogs - Page 2

There are display cabinets filled with the skulls of victims in one of the rooms. But it's difficult to empathise with bones; they could have come from any time, any place back in the mists of history. Bones are sexless, impersonal, distant. No, it's not the skulls that really get you, it's the mug…

That bus to Phnom Penh wasn’t exactly what I expected – the seats were too stiff and undersized. There’s a boy that keeps peeking behind me as I watch Family Guy episodes on Wayne’s iPod plus kids and oldies barfing everywhere which was absolutely nauseating I had to keep my nose covered! T…

The summary of my vacation here in asia from BKK to Vietnam and more adventures in the future..

I really had awesome times traveling with Bennie (Bmatital) and Ying (aznfunghi). We've been to Thailand, Cambodia, Singapore and Malaysia. There we've met new friends!! I like to share my pics and clips with you how much fun we had and so many beautiful places we visited.

Suas'dei my darlings!one day down and 27 to go.. We got to Cambodia safely after a VERY long flight via Phuket and Bangkok, and despite the fact that it may not be the cleanest nor the most beauf iful city i've ever been to, it certainly has it's charms..okay, so charms might not be the best word..…

The road back went without a snag. It’s always easier to retrace your steps than to stamp out new ones. I was listening to random emo on a nano-pod that Izzy had pawned to me. “To pay for hospital fees for one of my boys” he moaned “He got macheted by some local gangsters” I didn’t real…

Even though the notorious Khmer Rouge, which ruthlessly ruled the Cambodian people from 1975 to 1979 had been removed from power since the Vietnamese invasion of 1979, its key members continued resisting up to 1996.  It has only been 10 years since their leader, Pol Pot, the man responsible fo…

Cambodia is such a beautiful and mystical place, with so much culture, stunning landscapes, incredible folks, good food . . . everything a visitor could hope for.  However, it's not all pretty here.  In addition to all the lovely things, Cambodia also has quite the violent past, wh…

          I changed to  new guest house today, its called Okay guesthouse, it is swamped by backpackers and tuk tuk drivers. I like it here,it's brilliant clean and homely.b Staff are incredibly friendly and they speak fantastic english, which was very very impressive.…

Day 8.The day we'd all been waiting for finally arrived. We were gonna leave the village for 2 days, 1 night.. to go to Phnom Penh for a short retreat. We left the village at 6am.. made a stop at the Russian market. didn't do much shopping there. we lunched at some coffee shop and had some local fo…

I only went to Cambodia for a week, but it was to short. I'll go back for sure.

Mein Zimmer hatte kein Fenster, daher habe ich auch keine Ahnung, ob es draußen schon hell war als ich früh morgens mit heftigem Durst aufgewacht bin. Ich habe mir schnell etwas angezogen und mir in der Rezeption eine große Flasche Wasser besorgt. Mein Magen war bisher asiatischem Essen immer gu…

Cambodia experienced one of the most hellish revolutions the world has ever seen.  The Khmer Rouge had a vision of utopia much different than most.  Pol Pot declared it to be "year zero" in 1975 after the complete evacuation of Phnom Penh in a mere three days marking the beginning of …

We arrived in Phnom Penh yesterday afternoon. This place is probably the worst I have seen so far for rubbish. It is literally everywhere! It smells very bad. The city is very big and very hot and stuffy. Its the capital. Its not as nice at night as I didnt feel very safe out last night, even thoug…

    Waited in the morning for 1 more friend to fly into town, then the 5 of us were off to Siem Reap.  But first we had to stop and get some food..... you never realize how hard it is to order until you are in a restaraunt where there is no english menu and no one speaks English…