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Trip: Cambodia 2007

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Cambodia Day 6: The walking tour

CAMBODIA | Saturday, 17 Feb 2007 | Views [1424]

We met at about 9 a.m. in the morning for breakfast at the restaurant of our guesthouse, then split up: Farah, Uma and Soo Hian were talking a mini-van, provided by the guesthouse, for a tour of the Killing Fields, the National Museum and the Royal ... Read more >

Tags: cambodia, phnom penh, walking tour, wat phnom


Cambodia Day 5: Kirirom National Park

CAMBODIA | Friday, 16 Feb 2007 | Views [2645]

We set out at 730 a.m. We checked out of our rooms at The Boddhi Tree, but left our luggage at the café. Our driver was a local who barely spoke a word of English. This meant we had to make up a new word for "waterfall"... Read more >

Tags: cambodia, kirirom, park, phnom penh


Cambodia Day 4: The Phnom Penh Horror Show

CAMBODIA | Thursday, 15 Feb 2007 | Views [1662] | Comments [2]

How do I even begin to describe this day? Ok, from the start: We started the day with breakfast. Our friends were held up for some reason, so Lianyi and I headed off to the Lonely Planet-recommended Sunrise Coffee House without them. We were its first ... Read more >

Tags: bus ride, cambodia, comme à la maison, phnom penh, s21, the boddhi tree, tuol sleung


Cambodia Day 3: Battambang

CAMBODIA | Wednesday, 14 Feb 2007 | Views [1219]

Another early start to the day. We met at the lobby of our guesthouse at 6.30 am. A bus was supposed to come and pick us up at 6.40 to take us to the bus terminal, where we would take another bus at 7.30 to Battambang. But that first bus came only ... Read more >

Tags: battambang, bus ride, cambodia


Cambodia Day 2: The Wat Is Where?

CAMBODIA | Tuesday, 13 Feb 2007 | Views [1367]

Day 2 was all about the Wats. All of us, minus Uma because she'd done this before, met our driver at 4.30 a.m. and made our way back to the Angkor Wat. It was pitch black darkness. There are no streetlights in Siem Reap, not even ... Read more >

Tags: angkor wat, cambodia, preah khan, siem reap, ta prohm


Cambodia Day 1: Siem Reap

CAMBODIA | Monday, 12 Feb 2007 | Views [1205]

We met at the airport at 4 a.m. all bleary-eyed and sleep-deprived. All of us felt like we looked like shit, so no photos were taken. Changi Airport is very quiet and mostly empty at 4 a.m; I didn't expect that. Most shops were closed. The flight ... Read more >

Tags: cambodia, siem reap