After cycling to the temples and lining up with a sea of other people to get our tickets, we head for Angkor Thom, the largest temple complex at Angkor -…
Angkor, meaning capital city in Khmer, Cambodia's native tongue, is the ancient capital of the Khmer Empire. Its crown jewel is Angkor Wat, the largest religious monument in the world,…
It’s still dark when we wake up at 5am. In an attempt to beat the crowds, we’re shooting for Ta Prohm (the Tombraider temple) hoping to be there as the…
We wake early, but not as early as yesterday. At least the dim glow of the rising sun accompanies us on our ride to Angkor this morning. Refreshed from our…
Our hopes of ever making it to the Starling Pepper Plantation are deflating like the bike tyres in front of us. When we glanced at the Treetop Guesthouse bike selection…
We arrive at Kampot at dusk, after an easy 3 hour bus trip from Phnom Penh. The crumbling, riverside provincial town seems empty and silent after the insane traffic and…
It’s 4:30am and we’re downstairs at our Siem Reap guesthouse waiting for our bus pickup with a pair of Israeli tourists. After some of our previous experiences, we’ve become pretty…
We arrive at Kep beach covered in a film of red dust after spending 45 minutes in a tuk tuk from Kampot being showered with dirt from passing trucks. We’re…
Kep is the Cambodian equivalent of the French Riviera. In its day, it was the seaside resort for the French and Cambodian elite; now it’s the haunt of travelers and…