Siem Reap Travel Blogs - Page 15

  We can only reserve three days to “flashpack” our way to Cambodia (ahhh, the agonies of having a day job!). So, the only way for us to savor this Cambodian trip is to go to a place that will best define Cambodia: the ruins of Angkor Wat.   Read more here

Well I didn’t expect to be here twice in six months, let alone at the same hotel! Our travels started yesterday morning when we woke up at 5am to find a raging thunderstorm hanging over Ko Chang.  After several very wet dinghy rides into shore we got into two open air taxis, and 45 very wet …

Steph and Susie are off round the world for 5 months. We are starting in India and our last stop is Rio before heading home to get 'proper jobs'. This blog will be a frank 'warts an all' blog. It will document the highs and the lows emotionally, mentally and physically along the way! Follow us on our adventure!

Each day at the service project was much like the first day, following the same general schedule.  Steve and I got to know the kids a little better and understood the village better by the time we left on Saturday morning.  In the end, though we were dissapointed that we couldn't help out…

Apart from going to Angkor Wat when you are in Siem Reap, Cambodia, one must also visit the "Landmine Museum" & the "War Museum". The Landmine Museum is not like an ordinary Museum. It's actually a small village where most of the people staying there had their arms or limbs amputated as a resul…

A dip in the pool after all of that heat and sweat is a blessing. I go back to my room to shower and rest a bit. I re-hydrate and crash for a few hours. It's difficult adjusting to the time zone and heat here. I wake from a nap a few hours later and try to reach Wayne and Tash on the walkie. No luc…

Just practising

SE Asia with no schedule

In 2000 I started to travel around the EurAzian continent. Not in one vacation ofcourse, there is work waiting for me at home, but in leg of 6 weeks. Every journey is about 3000 km long.

For anyone who’s done the notorious trip by road from Siem Reap to Bangkok (or the other way around) you’ll know something of what to expect from this story.   To call the road from the Cambodian border to Siem Reap atrocious is probably not being entirely fair. It is one of the best ex…

Here we are in Siem Reap airport Cambodia where we thought that we would go out to do a day trip to Ankor Wat.  The travel company that we booked our flight tickets from Pakze, Laos to Siem Reap, Cambodia said that if we were flying in and out on the same day we didn't need a visa... well what…

A few days in one of my favourite places on Earth.

Maharajah Royal Indian Cuisine Halal www.maharajah.biz A dining experience at MAHARAJAH will make you believe that exclusivity with a touch of simplicity is important in the creation of every delicious dish. Along with the assurance of a wide range of delectable dishes and an immaculate service…

One of my favorite songs is "Holiday in Cambodia," by the Dead Kennedeys.  So....I've wanted to go there for quite a while.  As I was recently traveling through Thailand anyways, I decided to head out to Cambodia and Laos towards the end of the trip...While hanging out on Koh Phangan, wai…

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.