Sheik Zayed Mosque in Abu Dhabi

FromWiki: "This architectural masterpiece is one of the largest mosques in the world with a capacity of 40,000 faithful. It consists of 82 domes, more than 1,000 columns, has a gold-plated 24 carat gold chandeliers and the world's largest hand-woven carpet. The main prayer hall is dominated by one...

This time we start the blog quite  late after the begining of the trip, because the pace of the first days was really sharp, and then we were deprived of the internet for 3 days in the high mountains. Thank you for your patience.  It is impossible to get to Oman without several transfers.  Along t...

And yet Bngkok to wipe out ears

And two more days in Bangkok so that returning to our Polish reality is not too sudden ... My eye-glasses retrieved, the last drinks empty, no more cash - time to go  back home. With lots of regret, though! Thank you all following us on the blog and co-travelling with us through Cambodia. Isn’t ...

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...