Around the house

Just sitting in our bar and just watching life on the street brings us topics for the blog entries. Iwonka - a devotee of cats - will not let anyone appearing in the area. "Our" Kama, a month ago, gave birth to babies that she did not show in public. Herself appears rarely, probably looking for an...

Around Kampot VI

The last stop of our trip around the massif of the Bokor Mountain was at the highest elevation (1060 m above sea level) where there are some temples and a small Buddhist monastery. From the observation platform we could see the port city of Sihanoukville (now 100% mastered by the Chinese) and the V...

Around Kampot V

Next stop is the Bokor Mountain top and there: Bokor Hill Station (1000 m above sea level) refers to a collection of French colonial buildings (hotel & casino, church, royal residence etc.) constructed as a temperate mountain luxury resort and retreat for colonial residents in the early 1920s atop ...

Around Kampot IV

Tireless Lim and his tuk-tuk took us to a settlement on the water located in the middle of the mangrove forest. Here is more about this natural phenomenon: Mangroves This settlement fulfills several roles. One of them is recreation on the water in houses on stilts, and the other is to inform visi...

Around Kampot II

We are moving on. The same gravel road that looks like it is sprinkled with red chilli powder. I feel the fire in my eyes. We keep shaking in the tuk-tuk through successive villages and arable fields where children (all) smile and wave their hands. These smiles are honest. Those of the adults are ...

Around Kampot I

We decided to hire Lim to take us around the vicinities unknown to Iwona. The attraction of such an expedition, apart from visiting the destination, is passing through the surrounding villages and watching Cambodians struggle with everyday reality. The farming (no matter what is growing on the lan...

Night fun

Before I'll tell about a certain club in Phnom Penh, I would like you to read from the Wikipedia: "Drag queen (in drag means being in disguise of the opposite sex, queen - queen) - determining the stage character created by artists, usually male, less female, presenting caricatures of female figure...

Wat Phnom - the capital's heart

Wat Phnom, or the temple hill, has a long history about which I wrote: Wat Phnom Today I would like to add that this is a place of Buddhist worship, but in a Cambodian-Chinese variety. The Cambodians of the Chinese roots come here from all over the world to leave their offering to the god (gods?)....