Continuing my motorbike exploration of southern Cambodia, I headed over to Kampot, a former Khmer Rouge stronghold and a place still catching on to tourism. The 100 km (60 miles or so) trip over here from Sihanoukville was pretty cool and I took what I thought were some good photos of some of the fishing villages and the way of life around here. Another thing I've realized about Cambodia....if it has wheels, it can be overloaded. You should see what people can tr...

Like Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper in the 1969 film Easy Rider, I decided that I too shall wander about by motorcycle. Except I'll be doing it in Cambodia and my trip won't be financed by a cocaine sale. Now the first thing you learn when you need to drive in the crazy city traffic of Phnom Penh is that the rules are more or less what you want them to be. I'm quite sure that Buddha has influenced this behavior so I decided to research and publish the Cambodian...

Here's a depressing one folks. Unfortunately, a visit to Phnom Penh is not complete without a visit to The Killing Fields of Choeung Ek and the Tuol Sleng Prison, more commonly known as S-21. From 1975 until January 1979, under the leadership of Pol Pot , the ultra-communist Khmer Rouge (Red Khmer) regime controlled all of Cambodia. They systematically killed thousands and millions more perished due to famine and disease. Prior to 1975, Choeung Ek was an orchard ...

Battambang...Cambodia's second largest city. But you'd never know it when you get here. It's quiet, slow, and peaceful without much tourism going on. To get here, however, was an adventure in itself. I took the express boat from Siem Reap up the Sangkar river. Let me just say there was nothing "express" about it. The word express was painted on the side of the boat but that's about it. We were all told different times on how long it would take...I was told five h...

Built between 1113 and 1150, Angkor Wat is the largest religious monument in the world. And this is no doubt one of humankind's most amazing architectural achievements. It is said to be a complete microcosm of the Hindu universe. Whatever...I just think it's really damn cool. Some of the amazing highlights include over 600 meters of carving right into the stone wall and about 2000 apsaras which are these sexy celestial maidens carved all over the place. Clearly...