CAPTIVATED BY CAMBODIA We made it – we’re back in Bangkok! Our transit through the Cambodian/Thai border crossing at Poipet/Aranyprathet went off with nary a hitch, taking all of half an hour! We got to Poipet, on the Cambodian side, at around 10:00am after leaving Battambang at around […]
RIDING THE BAMBOO TRAIN TO BATTAMBANG’S SUNSET BRIDGE It was bitter sweet leaving Siem Reap behind this morning – we were sad to say farewell to the temples and jungle-clad beauty of Angkor, but keen to see a little more of Cambodia. Our destination for today was […]
FLOATING VILLAGES & HIDDEN TEMPLES We spent our final day in Siem Reap exploring the floating villages of Tonle Sap Lake by boat, then soaring over the jungle temples of Angkor in a helicopter. It was AWESOME! Cambodia is a land defined by water – but […]
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 […]
Wandering Soles 