The tree of us set off first thing in the morning (when else) to head to Phnom Penh, myself & Elaine armed with our new backpacks. To travel across the border we used Sapaco travel who are one of the only companies who can cross over between the countries. They handled all the visas so that was very handy. Before we left we had heard stories...

We are welcomed into the capital of Cambodia -Phnom Penh - by a statue of a giant gun in the middle of a round-a-bout, wild west style and this theme continues throughout our stay. On our first day we decide to walk around the tourist sites and take an early morning stroll along the river to try and catch a large part of the poulation performing...

I arrived in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia after a long bus ride from Ho Chi Minh City and was less than impressed. Although it was quite busy, traffic was nothing like I had experienced in Vietnam. For that I was very thankful because now I could cross the street without worrying that I'd be hit by a car or motorbike or tuk tuk. Cambodia ...

Today we had a much needed sleep in before heading out and getting some culture at the beautiful National Museum followed by the chilling S21 Prison. S21 or Tuol Sleng Museum was a high school until in 1975 Pol Pot (Khmer Rouge) turned it into Security Prison S21, the largest detention and torture facility in the country. Almost everyone who was...

I hired Ya, the friendly tuk tuk driver who took me to my guest house yesterday, to be my driver for the day ($12). Our tour started at The Killing Fields and then the Genocide Museum, both documenting the "Cambodian Holocaust" under the Khmer Rouge regime. I found it fascinating to see how a group of people with an utopic vision of a united nat...

Well, spent the last night in Asia with Americans, and one Canadian. Had some drinks, my last Singapore Sling, and am back to the good ole' freakin USA. The Buddha has done so well here. The trip is amazing. The people I've met and that have helped me along are some of the friendliest in the world. Everyone needs to visit SEAsia. It Rocks!

Phnom Pehn is rebuilding itself no end. Completely backwards though. After the Kymar Rouge devastating the country in the 70's and killing anyone with any education (and just about everybody else in an attempt to reset the counrty's class system), the whole economy wobbled until recently. They don't even take their own currency as the tax you mu...

First day in Cambodia, good friends met in the bus and we hit the bars! Cool night.

In my last big trip around the world, I touched ever so briefly on Cambodia when I made a border run from Thailand, at the town of Poi Pet. I remember it being one of the most disgusting places I've ever seen - polluted, dirty and full of the kind of people you really hope never to meet. I remember getting thoroughly ripped off for the whole pro...

Je suis encore 5 jours de plus a PP. D abord je voulais me reposer et retourner au marche faire de nouvelles emplettes et les envoyer par la poste et puis partir. Seulement, deux jours de suite jai pas reussi a me lever pour prendre le bus.