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...

The parting of the Group and Cambodia

As a Polish song says: "And so difficult to leave ...." Unfortunately, the moment when our paths diverged, came. For us two, it's time to go home via Bangkok, a the Group has got a few more days to enjoy the ocean and stay under the indispensable leadership of Paul’s. We are leaving Cambodia enri...

Kep - a colonial times spa

We're on the ocean coast now, more specifically, on the Gulf of Thailand. We sightsee the city and its surroundings which were once the jewel of the Cambodian coast. The events of revolution of the Khmer Rouge did not spare the place, though not in a way that is considered to be the reason for the ...

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...