Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Genocides, Non-Profit Radio Drama and Dumps, Oh My!

What do these three things have in common? Our Pacific Discovery group experienced them all in Phnom Penh! Phnom Penh is a city separated by a large gap with riches, development, and corporate jobs in one corner, and with entrenched, dump-diving, amputated poverty in the other. But in the...

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JohnJack_Crestani on March 13, 2009 from Phnom Penh, Cambodia

from the travel blog: I Meet the SouthEast

Small Town Takeo Cambodia

On the road in Cambodia and I have no idea what to expect. Other than learning something about genocide and seeing a photo here and there of Angkor Wat, this land contains no prenotions for me to draw upon. I somehow guess that the people here will be unfriendly and hardened due to...

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JohnJack_Crestani on March 12, 2009 from Phnom Penh, Cambodia

from the travel blog: I Meet the SouthEast

Living in the city

Three days in and I'm beginning to climatise. Climatise to the slippery, sweaty humidity and the constant roar of moto's. This city is noisy and every day is dramatic. The heat is heavy and the air is smoggy and polluted. Waves of delicious smells rise from the food stalls that line the streets....

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bridiethebarang on March 9, 2009 from Phnom Penh, Cambodia

from the travel blog: Cambodia 2009

Back in Phnom Penh

Before we left Sihanoukville we (of course) bumped into Marty and Jochem again, who were (of course of course) staying in the same hotel again. This time we weren't staying in a place reccommended by the Lonely Planet, in fact this place wasn't even in the LP; it was well out of the way and not...

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The Happy Couple on March 1, 2009 from Phnom Penh, Cambodia

from the travel blog: Michael's Round-the-World honeymoon

Intro to Cambodia

I think you can forget any blogging for the next 3 weeks. Connection speed in the big towns of Cambodia has been nearly impossibly slow and I've just take 50 minutes to get to the stage where I can start writing this. We are in a smallish town now (actually it's the regional capitol), and it's...

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The Happy Couple on February 23, 2009 from Phnom Penh, Cambodia

from the travel blog: Michael's Round-the-World honeymoon

The asphalt jungle

This city is absolutely insane! No fixed prices, no public transport, no traffic rules, no order in street numbering, lots of people spending the whole day in their pyjamas (I mean, driving, hanging out, shopping... everything)... This city is a lovely chaos in every sense. The most striking...

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NuiM on October 30, 2008 from Phnom Penh, Cambodia

from the travel blog: Un viaje por el sudeste asiático

Food and football... happy days!

Came back to try and do a Khmer cookery course but its a national holiday this weekend so most stuff is closed. Cambodian food is very good really excellent coconut based curry called "amok" much nicer than the Thai versions! Also do good salads had a very tasty meal yesterday of banana blossom...

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Dan on September 28, 2008 from Phnom Penh, Cambodia

from the travel blog: Been there, Dan that!

Killing Fields and Genocide museum

Still suffering a bit from the cold so I really feel I didn't get round enough and slept a lot but i'll be back at the end of this little detour so hopefully have some more time then. I'm intrigued by the city and its colonial past and clearly very poor present. Did a morning of tourism and...

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Dan on September 18, 2008 from Phnom Penh, Cambodia

from the travel blog: Been there, Dan that!

Cambodia!!!

A 1 hour flight and 5 minute wait for my visa later and I'm in Cambodia. Really looking forward to the next 12 days here as I've only heard good things. Met Andrei and Kerry again (whom I did the gibbon trek with) and they have VERY kindly leant me there spare camera... so alls well! Still...

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Dan on September 16, 2008 from Phnom Penh, Cambodia

from the travel blog: Been there, Dan that!

HEMOS LLEGADO A CAMBOYA

Hola a todos, Pues nosotros aqui, en Phonm Phen, despues de 3 dias de congoja entre barca, hoteles y vietnamitas trinquetreros, por fin, ayer llegamos a la capital de Camboya. No puedo dar aun una opinion, solo puedo deciros que ayer salimos a cenar carlitos y yo, y lo poquisimo que vi, al...

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Noemi y Carlos on July 4, 2008 from Phnom Penh, Cambodia

from the travel blog: NUESTRO VIAJE POR ASIA Y ALGO MAS...

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