On the day we were set to leave Battambang, a bit of an adventure awaited us, as the most intense rainstorm of our trip happened to start just 15 minutes before we were supposed to leave our hotel and walk a few blocks over to where our group taxis were set to leave. Two in our group bravely ventured out in the deluge and succesfully convinced these cabs to come to the hotel and pick us up. This hadn't been an option before as our hotel itself sought to sell us...

With the development of tourism in Cambodia, the government has put a lot of investment in connecting Siem Reap with other parts of the country and neighboring Thailand, not to mention that highway projects are among the most ripe for pocketing some extra cash. In fact, it probably took some extra rangling for them to finally make good roads into Siem Reap, as so many people many a corrupt living off of those wanting to get to Siem Reap by land. As we would find ...

Someone somewhere recently decided that a new set of 7 wonders of the world should be declared, and somehow they ended up not picking Angkor Wat. Obviously, Cambodia being quite poor has particularly low internet access, and without huge amounts of government funding, that somehow got the big statue of Christ in Rio on the list(even though it shouldn't have even made the shortlist of nominees). Macchu Picchu should definitely be considered among these wonders, as...

In confronto al viaggio per Phom Penh, quello per Siem Reap e' stato una passeggiata. Poche ore di autobus e qualche minuto di tuk-tuk, ed eravamo al fresco in albergo. La prima cosa essenziale da fare, ancor prima di programmare la visita ai templi di Angkor, e' cercare un pub dove guardare Liverpool-Arsenal. Ovvio, no? Fortuna vuole che Siemp Reap, per la sua vicinanza ai templi, sia la meta cambogiana favorita dai turisti e, in quanto tale, organizzatissima e ...

Many places in the world consider themselves 'must see' or 'can't miss', but I think perhaps Cambodia, who doesn't make any such claims, is actually one place that really deserves it. Many might agree, pointing to the immense majesty of the Angor Wat archeological complex, to which I agree, and will be what the next post will be about. However, the other place everyone must visit is Pnomh Penh. As a city, it is quite chaotic, has very poor street lighting, few si...