Archives for "May, 2008"
On steel wings to Phnom Penh
The morning is free time, so I get some private time in the room to be a nerd and write the journal. The days go by quickly and the tour is so full of activities that I am falling way behind my writing schedule. On the other hand, I can’t complain that I get to [...]
Angkor Wat, floating village
We begin our day in Angkor Wat, “A City Temple” built for Vishnu. It has become a symbol and a great national prde of Cambodia. A depiction of Angkor Wat is in the national flag, bank notes, beer, simply everywhere. The build began around 1113. Angkor Wat has nine towers, I learn that odd numbers [...]
Angkor Thom, Ta Prohm, Landmine Museum
A dose of Cambodian history: Angkor Thom was the capital of Cambodia between 802-1472 AD. It had up to a million inhabitants and it was abandoned when Siamese (Thais) invaded it in 1472. Eight meters high walls surround its 3km x 3km structure and four gates in each side of the city allowed people in [...]
A rocky road to Siem Reap
In the morning we leave Bangkok in two minibuses. Some people stayed out late the night before, so only me and driver stay awake, when we are driving the wide Thailand motorways towards Cambodia. The minibus has a unique interior decoration somewhere in between a pinball machine and Rio Grande from DS9 (NCC-72452, for all [...]
Last preparations
My brand new rucksack looks constipated. I pile some clothes and toiletries on the bed and force the zipper up. I haven’t even started the tour and my rucksack is already giving up. 99.9% of the people would say carrying a laptop and scanner around the Asian continent proves I am an idiot. And they [...]
Bye bye Sydney – Hello Bangkok!
The flight from Sydney to Bangkok takes nine hours, which is more than enough to read Bill Bryson’s travel book Down Under. It is an inspiring travel journal about the country I have spent my last six months in, given to me by my friend Bohdan when I left Sydney. The furthest I ever got [...]
Prologue: Travel vaccination centre, Sydney
Doctor: I’ll give you all the necessary travel vaccinations for 500 AUD. Me: I can’t afford that! Isn’t there anything I can skip? Doctor: Will you be kissing Asian men? Me: How much does it cost me if I do? Doctor: 100 AUD. Me: No Asian boys will be kissed! The doctor makes me memorise [...]
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