Category: Cambodia

We started our Cambodian adventure in Phnom Penh, then proceeding to Siem Reap in order to experience the magnificence of the temples of Angkor Wat, with a brief detour through the Tonle Sap lake and the floating village of Kompong Phluk, later moving south to the party town of Sihanoukville and finally the gorgeous and languid waters of the island of Koh Rong.

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Kids of Tonle Sap and Kompong Phluk

Walking by the shores of Lake Atitlán, seeing screeching kids jump into cold waters and play until they wade ashore shivering, I was reminded of the floating villages of Cambodia. It’s one of the...

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Angkor Wat and the Temples of Siem Reap

What is Angkor Wat? Wandering through Cambodia, it was difficult not to be reminded of the human violence which had plagued it for too many years. Its people were a constant reminder, touting every...

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The Waves of Koh Rong Island

Often as we go back and forth through the mundane in our lives, protected by the gods of gadgets and the constructed realities of society, the randomness of nature appears like a distant dream,...