JUNGLE TEMPLES OF CAMBODIA By the 12th century Europe was in decline; the Roman Empire had long since collapsed and the continent was locked in the glum embrace of the Dark Ages. Around the same time things here in South East Asia were booming – life in the […]
WATS IN ANGKOR TO SEE? Deep in the Cambodian jungle hides one of the world’s greatest archaeological sites: the sprawling city of ancient Angkor. Covering an area of more than 400 square kilometres, Angkor was the capital and beating heart of the great Khmer Empire from the 9th […]
FRIED SPIDERS – THE CLASSIC CAMBODIAN SNACK Insects deliver more protein and nutrition per kilogram of weight than beef, chicken, pork, or fish; and farming them is far less damaging to the environment that farming large livestock. According to some experts we should all be eating them, so […]
CAMBODIA’S DARKEST HOUR Between 1975 and 1979 a genocide was carried out in Cambodia. The Communist Khmer Rouge government, led by Pol Pot, systematically and ruthlessly murdered as estimated 3 million people in a bid to stamp out resistance to their regime. It was without a doubt one […]
ON THE TRAIL OF CAMBODIA’S HISTORY IN PHNOM PENH Cambodia has a long and fascinating history, and today we went walking around Phnom Penh to see some of the sights and learn a bit more about this country’s grand past. What we saw made us appreciate how great […]
WE MADE IT JUST IN TIME FOR CAMBODIA’S WATER FESTIVAL! We’ve found land border crossings can be quite entertaining* – when crossing from Kenya to Tanzania at Namanga, for example, the “border” was a rusty gate we just walked around and when we paid for our Tanzania visas […]
PADDLING AROUND THE NINE DRAGONS RIVER DELTA In Vietnamese the Mekong River delta is known as the Nine Dragons delta, due to the nine branches the mighty Mekong splits into as it empties into the sea. This vast wetland region is in the far South-Eastern corner of Vietnam and […]
