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 […]
