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In our hotel in Kampot, we found a travel guide about Cambodia that we could take a lot of useful information from for our onward journey. So we planned three days in the...
First of all: I share the opinion that Phnom Penh is not worth seeing, no! The Genocide Museum alone, where over 20,000 people were tortured and only 10 people survived, as well...
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...
12.02.2020: The first evening in Phnom Penh.
We have now finally left Vietnam...
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,...
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...
Royal palaces and concentration camps
The capital of Cambodia didn't impress us much.
In Phnom Penh, we saw the Royal Palace with the Silver Pagoda and visited the Killing Fields.
We took a hotel bus from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh. The term hotel bus sounds cozy and almost luxurious. In short, it was a bus with double beds spread over two floors, which were...
We have never experienced such a crazy border crossing like here in Cambodia, and we have already crossed several borders. First, our bus driver collects our passports. With a...
We are at the end of our Vietnam adventure. On to Cambodia and the capital Phnom Penh.
02/13/2020: Cap is fine, all is well.
Once again, I had arrived in another country, the 5th of my journey so far, and once again, it meant getting used to the new language, culture, and especially a new currency. The...
The capital city of Phnom Penh is big, noisy, and not really my thing. Okay, if you wander around the busy streets a bit, you can actually discover some nice and quiet places,...
In Phnom Penh, we visit the Killing Fields and the Genocide Museum to learn about the dark past of this country.
After waking up early in the morning to apply for our visas for Vietnam at the embassy, we took a tuk tuk to the Royal Palace and the Silver Pagoda. Unfortunately, there were no...
On this day, we visited two memorial sites that symbolize the genocide of about a quarter of Cambodia's population about 40 years ago. These murders primarily occurred because...
After arriving in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, by minivan, we took a tuk-tuk to our hostel. The hostel costs only €5 per person per night, but it feels almost like a...
The taxi to Phnom Penh will depart at 10 o'clock. Our driver still needs to pick up fish for his mother. But our suitcases will also fit in. 😊 The journey goes through a...
The last two days we were in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. As you can read everywhere, I can now confirm that Phnom Penh is nothing special. It is very noisy and...
A trip to the bustling capital city
Andra had her birthday today and after celebrating a little bit yesterday, a big part of today unfortunately went on the drive to Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, which is...
The city is hot, loud, smelly, chaotic, but also very lively, Asian, exciting and feels safe. We will certainly not get bored here in the three days.
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