Posts tagged as "Cambodia"
Mighty Mekong, Hello Vietnam!
In the morning I try to get inside the royal palace, because I have heard that king Norodom Sihamoni holds a morning ceremony every day at 8am. He is single so I thought it wouldn’t hurt to go to in the front row. When I asked people why he is in his mid 50’s and [...]
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 [...]
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