After a great couple days in Siem Reap, we boarded a bus and headed down to Cambodia's capital, Phnom Penh. I had read a bit about Cambodia's history before the trip, and so we jumped in a tuk-tuk and headed to see the Killing Fields, Choeung Ek. The killing fields is a site where the Khmer Rouge killed hundreds of citizens during their brutal reign. For those of you that may not know much about the Khmer Rouge, let me go on a slight tangent. The Khmer are the ...

Siem Reap is mostly just the launching-point for Angkor Wat, but I had read in the guidebook that it was a big party town, and it just so happened that our first night in town was New Years.We spent the morning at Angkor Wat … what a phenomenal place. While some of the 'magic' is lost by the teaming masses of tourists, it's still an incredible sight to see. After spending the day touring the many temples (I won't bore you with the details) we headed back t...