Cambodia travel stories

Asia, part VIII: Cambodia

I am in Cambodia - it was a hellish, long uncomfy ride here. The Mekong Delta rtip wasn't that good - the only good things were seeing the floating houses and the minority Islam folks with the...

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Holiday Inn Cambodia

After a great stay on the Island, we took a boat and mini bus down to the cambodian border. Our Visa's were never completed because the camodian embassy in vientien was closed for 5 days. A loc...

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Angkor Wat

Today we went to see Angkor Wat - one of the seven wonders of the world, as well as the biggest religious building in the world. The reason that Angkor Wat is so special is hard to explain, so I wi...

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AK-47's & Cockfights

After a week in smaller Cambodia towns, it was a relief to arrive in the capital. Pnom Penh (the capital) is a mixture of smaller cambodian towns and Bangkok. The smaller Cambodian towns were quit...

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The Khmer Rouge

We decided to look into the very sad history of Cambodia. Soon after the Vietnam war ended and the idea of communism was spreading, a party developed in Cambodia called the Khmer Rouge. In most par...

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