Straight out of Siem Reap and into Kompang Cham. I decided to stop off here to break up the long journey to Kratie. Plus it’s always a shame to cruise across so much land without stopping off and exploring. I only stayed one night, what a strange town. Everything was so much hassle it became [...]
Leaving everyone at Bodhi’s, I head to Phnom Penh for a couple of nights before breaking North to Siem Reap and the Angkor Ruins.
If you go to Cambodia you visit Angkor Wat. This is just how it is. Angkor is on the national flag, there is a beer named after it, its images are seen [...]
I met a girl called Ana at Bohdi’s, we rented a Motorbike for a week and tore up the town. She had a Macbook Air so I liked her instantly. She is from Ireland so talks a lot and is pretty good at drinking.
Ana may have inspired me to visit Indonesia on my way south. [...]
I checked into Bodhi’s for 2 days and ended up staying for 2 weeks. Didn’t do much: trekked to a waterfall, went for a swim, ate some carrot cake, played football with local orphans and went running lots.
I met some cool people, some worked in the local schools teaching English and some read books about [...]
I have just arrived at the Bodhi Villa in Kampot. I’ve not been here long but I know I will stay for a while. It seems to have a great vibe and friendly people. It’s on the river and has various areas to relax in, with sofas, cushions, a roof terrace and a kitchen serving [...]
If I hadn’t had Visa problems keeping me in Saigon, Vietnam, I would’ve left for Cambodia and arrived in Sihanoukville in time for new years eve.
I made it there eventually on the bus from Koh Kong and checked into the old backpacker region of Victory Hill. I say ‘old’ because the backpacker scene has since [...]
I remember years ago when my Dad went to America. I was fascinated by the Dangers And Annoyances section in his guidebook. Its still the first page I turn too when reading about far away countries today.
While eating breakfast this morning, I read an old guidebook of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos from the early nineties. [...]
…’Why do you wanna go there?’
The town of Koh Kong has a bad rep, bordering Thailand it’s a transit stopover for travellers, a place to stay on a Visa run, and apparently frequented by the Thai mafia lying low in the towns gambling dens.
I decided that if I was going to explore Cambodia’s coastline then [...]
I met Jenn on the bus to Cambodia, a fellow traveller from Canada. We sat on the bus and watched Vietnam become Cambodia.
At the border, I had to pay $5 for my expired Visa but other than that it was cool. We had to wait for an hour while the Vietnam authorities held our passports, [...]
I had spent 4 days of Christmas in Saigon, mostly sitting on sofas hanging around in a coffee shop with a free cinema upstairs. I watched Frost/Nixon and Che Part One plus a load of ‘traveller films’ like The Quiet American and The Killing Fields. All good stuff and being in the region gives them [...]
