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 […]
SEEING A DIFFERENT SIDE OF SAIGON Our sightseeing in Saigon (i.e. Ho Chi Minh City) yesterday took us around District 1, the historical heart of the city and one of its most affluent. Today we took a cyclo (i.e. pedicab) tour out to District 5 to see a […]
Wandering Soles 