Today our destination is Phnom Bayong: Quate: “Some 40 km away from the central city of Takeo province, are two groups of ruins dating back to the Pre-Angkorian period. At these sites, there is the bigger group, belonging to the Bayong Koa and a smaller at the Ta Nhean temple. Surrounding the temp...

Santa Claus has not forgotten about us

In the morning of  06th of December, at breakfast, unexpectedly we got a visit: St. Nicholas (Santa Claus?). Poems, beating with twigs, and handing out gifts surprised the audience – the Khmers and Americans – the  guests.

Kampot - a province of pepper

Various surprises may occur when travelling by minibus and the weather is unusual for that time of year ... On the way to Kep we decided not to ignore the province of Kampot and left the main road to quickly reach a beautiful pepper farm. A prolonged rainy season has caused, among other things, th...

Takéo - the cradle of Khmer civilization

The  journey took eight hours by a  minibsem from Mondulkiri to Takéo. Major roads in Cambodia are quite decent, but unfortunately crowded, which makes it impossible to drive quickly enough to cover long distances. This year, the rainy season stayed on longer, and therefore, we arrived in a great m...

Good-bye to Mondulkikri

Our local hosts - the jungle travel agency - prepared a farewell barbecue of meat (brrr), fish and vegetables. Half of us are vegetarians, but in Cambodia a range of meatless dishes is considerable. Only vegans and non-fish eaters are in trouble.   A jug of wine (or rather its content) being sucked...

Back to a Mondulkiri villiga

After feeding the elephants and feeding ourselves, tired but happy,  we began to set back. You had to leave the jungle which is friendly to those who know how to behave in it and how to use its great resources. We had excellent guides - the jungle people - representatives of the Buong tribe. They ...

Among elephants in the jungle

The second  day was promising a light trekking… We woke up after approx. 8 hours of sleep in comfortable hammocks. The smoke from the fire and the smell of coffee said it was time to get up. Our guides prepared light breakfast with baguettes (because Cambodia is the only country in Asia with bague...

In Senmonorom and its vicinity

From Phnom Penh it takes  5 hours by minibus to go  northeast to the province of Mondulkiri. This is a very important region of Cambodia because here are grown coffees, the best black pepper in the world, a lot of fruit,  mountain rice (the long one - very expensive) and cassava. There is another i...