Sunday, 15 Dec 2013 | Views [1897]
Eleven months on the move and only now I am enjoying a real beach holiday! What was I thinking?
This blog starts on a beach lounger on the beautiful beach outside of Papa Pippo's bungalows On Otres 1, Sihanoukville. Overhead branches of the large ... Read more >
Tags: bamboo island, beaches, cambodia, expats, otres beach, phnom penh, snorkelling
Wednesday, 11 Dec 2013 | Photo Gallery
Otres 1 beach
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Wednesday, 11 Dec 2013 | Views [952]
Names of foreign towns and cities can seem so alien and irrelevant in our lives until something happens to put them on our radar. The obvious one when travelling is that it features on your itinerary. Barely a week ago I was struggling with strange Cambodian ... Read more >
Tags: asia, cambodia, clean beaches, otres beach, papa pippos bungalows, sihanoukville, snorkelling, volunteers
Friday, 6 Dec 2013 | Views [908]
It's another early morning start as, after much deliberation, I have decided to take the speed boat to Phnom Penh (pronounced Pnom Pen). It was going to be an early start regardless as yesterday a wedding ceremony got underway two doors down. A marquee ... Read more >
Tags: cambodia, central market, fast boat, killing fields, olympic stadium, phnom penh, royal palace, wedding party
Thursday, 5 Dec 2013 | Views [1749]
I am cold! For the first time in the six months since I left New Zealand I am actually really quite cold. It is 5am, dark and the tuk-tuk is buzzing along the road that leads to Angkor Wat. Along with hundreds of other tourists, we are heading to the ... Read more >
Tags: ankor wat, cambodia, humbling experience, ngos, one dollar, responsible tourism, siem reap, tanei guest house, unesco
Wednesday, 4 Dec 2013 | Photo Gallery
Siem Reap and Phnom Penh
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