Category: Cambodia
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Phnom Kulen National Park
For our last day in Cambodia, we elected to visit Mount Kulen, we were grateful to our Airbnb host who suggested that doing this day trip on the way to the airport would save us both time and money, this worked well as our flight was leaving at 4pm. It was wonderful to see the…
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Siem Reap
Our final destination in Cambodia was Siem Reap, home of Angkor Wat. The AirBnb we stayed at was lovely, a beautiful garden many Buddhist statues and a fantastic pool, it was more of a small resort that a typical AirBnb. The owner is originally from France, who moved to Cambodia in 2018, spontaneously telling us…
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Angkor Archeological Park
A huge (16.2 Km2) archeological site in the Jungle near Siem Reap. It was originally constructed around 1150 CE, becoming a huge city that was at its peak was home to more than 1,000,000 Khmers before it was abandon in the 1431 after a terrible 3-year war. The Park has over forty different archeological sites,…
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Koh Rong Sanloem
We had a relaxing week on the island of Koh Rong Sanloem. Getting to the island itself was a bit of an adventure. We took very surprisingly comfortable bus from Phnom Penh to Sihanouk the port city. The hours of driving through the countryside were interesting and reglazing, with beautiful landscapes and seeing rural Cambodia…
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Phnom Penh
We spent three nights in Phnom Penh, it was surprisingly to see how cosmopolitan and modern the city was. Numerous people we met explained the high-rises were all Chinese business, hinting at distrust of the government and monarchy. Most of the motorcyclist were wearing helmets and the traffic seem to move with more rules than…