Travelogues Phnom Penh

On Koh Dach, the Silk Island, in all the homesteads we pass by, the looms are clattering. At the Silk Island Community Center, you can follow the process of producing silk from...

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Victim..sorted by age and injury....

After the usual delay of the pick-up at our hotel for the boat trip, we finally arrived at the pier. The boat was already quite full, but we managed to get a few seats in the...

After finishing our Vietnam trip in the relaxed resort on the island, we took a ferry and several minibuses towards Cambodia. We could obtain the visa for Cambodia near the...

We feel ready for the traffic and rent bicycles at the hotel. On our way to Phsar Thmei, the central market, we have a unique encounter: peacocks 'in the wild'! The offerings of...

In the middle of the night, we wake up to the sound of rain. Looking from the balcony, we see that the streets are flooded. Some Bemo drivers are struggling to push their vehicles...

In terms of weather, the difference between Koh Rong Sanloem and Phnom Penh couldn't have been greater: constant rain versus blazing sun. But of course there are also huge...

29.12.2019 As you might gather from the title, today we did NOT go to the Killing Fields. We read more information about it yesterday and after a restless night, we decided to...

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Admittedly, we are moving quite quickly! Nevertheless, we ensure that we have enough rest periods in between to process all our impressions. It hasn't even been two weeks since...

Our journey in Cambodia started in Phnom Penh. Here, we gained insights into the S21 torture prison and the Killing Fields. The tragic events of Cambodia were not really known...

27.12 to 30.12.2017 On Tuesday around 10 o'clock, I finally arrived in Phnom Penh. The flight was nothing special, and I went to the airport. I was a bit nervous, especially...

Waterfront

After a slightly longer border control to Cambodia (unfortunately we didn't have any Vietnamese Dong left to bribe like the others, so we had to wait until everyone in front of...

12.02.2020: The first evening in Phnom Penh.

We have now finally left Vietnam...

Our journey in Cambodia started in the capital city of Phnom Penh. In Cambodia, the currency is Riel, but everywhere you pay in USD and all prices are quoted in USD. In some...

We took the bus to the capital of Cambodia on Monday. The journey to Phnom Penh took a good 6 hours. There are no highways here. We constantly drove through small villages....

Our arrival in Cambodia took us straight to the capital Phnom Penh after a night in the border town of Koh Kong. Our plan looked a little different: we planned to explore rural...

23.06.2019 After a very restful night's sleep, we wake up around 08:30 and know that the first item on the agenda is to withdraw money - we literally don't have a single cent...

A lovely hello back home to you sugarplums, We hope you are all doing well and enjoying the beautiful spring weather… :) We have completed another great month of our journey,...

On the last part of our Mekong cruise, we encountered Buddhist monks, visited the Silk Island, and rode on an ox cart.

In Phnom Penh, I was only there to visit the Toul Sleng Genocide Museum and the Killing Fields, two gruesome relics from the time of the Khmer Rouge's rule. I didn't remember...

Today we were allowed to sleep longer because we were heading south to the capital of Cambodia, Phnom Penh. The first stop for lunch was fantastic. It was an oasis to feel good....

All important comments are under the pictures - a very relaxing day at the National Museum, by the pool, and in the evening at the bar 😊. It's working....

Day 43-50 On November 21st we took the bus from Siem Reap to Battambang. We arrived in the afternoon and walked a bit through this small town. The French used to be here and...

Royal palaces and concentration camps

Contrary to our original plan of traveling from Vientiane to Siem Reap and then to Phnom Penh, which would have been geographically more logical, we decided to fly to the...

We took a boat from Chau Doc to Phnom Penh. Although it was not the first boat trip, it is always exciting to see life not from the street side, but from the water side. The...