Takeo - The Killing Fields

We got to Takeo - 75 km south of Phnom Penh. Finally, we slowed down the pace. We are going to stay here for four nights! We started the day with breakfast in a small bistro run by a Frenchman. Of course, married to a Khmer woman. Then, we honoured the murdered by the Khmer Rouge. We chose the p...

Siem Reap vicinities

Today -  a day trip into  Siem Reap villages and mountains. From the Wikipedia: „The Phnom Kulen mountain range is located 30 km northwards from Angkor Wat. Its name means "mountain of the lychees". There is a sacred hilltop site on top of the range. Phnom Kulen is considered a holy mountain in C...

Just Angkor Wat

Listen, listen  to me!! You can be coming to Siem Reap many times. Each time new aspects of the beauty of this area are discovered here. But the most important attraction will remain the Angkor Wat temple and palace complex. Although it has already been described in all possible ways and photogra...

To Siem Reap

The distance between the two largest cities of Phnom Penh and Siem Reap is a little over 300 km. There are many ways to cover this route. We chose a night bus to save the time because every day of the stay in Cambodia is very precious for the group. This trip proved to be a challenge! The night b...

Life in the capital

Phnom Penh - the capital of Cambodia in the southwestern part of the country, at the mouth of the Tonle Sap River to Mekong. 1.5 million inhabitants (2012). Where does this name come from? According to a legend, in 1370 a rich lady named Yu Penh, who had a palace on the banks of the Mekong, noticed...

To Phnom Penh

After a train journey from Berlin to Düsseldorf, then flying with Emirates to Cambodia, we landed in Phnom Penh, the capital of the country. As a short introduction: It is a country with an extremely interesting but also tragic past. After years of wars, fratricidal fights (The Khmer Rouge) and so...

Good-bye Oman!

We have a lot to say about Oman and the people whom we saw here. To those who are interested we are willing to talk to . Ad nauseam. Oman is a very beautiful country where many nationalitie peacefully and friendly co-exists. Although we had no possibility of entering into closer contact with the ...

Salalah good-bye!

Salalah is the last leg of the trrip. We've been relaxing for three days in a resort and we are saayings goodbye to the city by visiting a local souq. The entire souq is filled with the smell of the burning incense, and the sellers urge to buy souvenir kits for home use: a special coal for burning ...