Cambodia

Angkor Wat & Siem Reap When I finally tore myself away from Hoi An, I was planning on continuing south on another 14 hour overnight train to Ho Chi Minh City, which was then to be followed by a 9-12 hour bus ride to Siem Reap, Cambodia. I expected to do this over the course ...

Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (S-21) Phnom Penh, Cambodia Tuol Sleng High School sits on the outskirts of Phnom Penh and when the Khmer Rouge forcibly evacuated the city in 1975, the school was enclosed with electrified barbed wire, its classrooms were converted into tiny prison cells and torture chambers, and all its windows were covered ...

Choeung Ek (The Killing Fields) Phnom Penh, Cambodia (*This is extremely long, dark, and downright horrible. But I told myself I would write up something like this when I returned home in order to remember some of the details...) I stood under the blazing hot sun watching a flock of ducks swim across a deep ...

Phnom Penh & Cambodian Indepedence Day Phnom Penh, Cambodia "Phnom Penh has risen from the ashes to take its place among the cool capitals of the region." - Lonely Planet I loved and hated Phnom Penh. For me it was a tour of a horrific past combined with a cheerful celebration in a city that ...

Sleepy Kampot Kampot, Cambodia I rolled into the center of Kampot as the wind kicked up a large, smothering dust cloud forcing the few people in the empty square to shield their faces. I grabbed my pack of the top of the pile the tour operator had amassed and trudged off in the direction of ...

Bokor Hill Station Kampot, Cambodia Bokor Mountain sits 1,101m (3,600') above Kampot on the southern coast of Cambodia. In the 1920s, the French built a hill station at the summit as a resort and retreat for the social elites who were living in Cambodia and needed an escape from the humidity and heat of Phnom ...

Unspoiled Kep Kep, Cambodia I've mentioned before I'm constantly asked what my favorite part of this last trip was. Sapa was pretty sweet (despite the weather), Hoi An was amazing enough for me to spend 6 days in, and Angkor Wat was, well, Angkor Wat. In that Hoi An post, I basically proclaimed that spot ...

Cambodia: Kampot vs Kep? Lonely Planet on Kep: "Some find Kep a bit soulless because it lacks a centre and accommodation options are spread out all over the place. Others revel in its sleepy vibe, content to relax at their resort, nibble on crab at the famed Crab Market and poke around the mildewed shells ...