August 18 thru 21 Bus from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh, 6 hours. This wasn’t so much a tourist bus as just a straight up commuter bus, a mix of 80% locals 20% backpacking foreigners. Since Siem Reap attracts more wealthy tourists and the state of the roads is abysmal, most fly out of the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Cambodia’
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cambodia, Khmer Rouge, Phnom Penh, travel on September 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Siem Reap, Cambodia pt. 1
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Angkor Wat, Cambodia, Siem Reap, travel on September 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
August 15 thru 18 Cambodia from the second we crossed the border was a very, very different country from that of Vietnam. There were few elements of modernity here. No booming construction, no cars even, and very few paved roads. People lived as they have for hundreds of years in bamboo stilt houses. They have [...]
Wandering even further
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cambodia, travel, vacation, Vietnam on August 1, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Since I am now on vacation technically…I am leaving on Monday to go to Vietnam and Cambodia for 19 days. I am traveling with my friend Axel, and we’re doing Vietnam top to bottom, then hopefully we’ll take a boat over to Cambodia and check out the sights there. Why Vietnam? Its a bit off [...]