A beach party town. Fun, but not very Cambodian. This is where I said goodbye to Debi who I traveled with for two months and Rob and Jules who spent …
Bokor Hill Station Cambodia
From the beach we headed up into the hills to an abandoned hill station once home to the king’s summer getaway and a lavish casino until they were destroyed by …
Death Island Cambodia
After three days of Templing in Angkor we were spent. We joined forces with Rob and Jules and headed back down to Phnom Penh for a day. The next morning, …
Angkor Wat
Angkor Wat. At some point during the four days I was in Seam Reap I emailed on of my friends the following, which she found utterly hilarious: “I can honestly …
Bamboo Railway
After the Floating Village we made our way up to Battambang to check out the Bamboo railway. Cambodia still hasn’t fully recovered from the Khmer Rouge, transportation in particular is …
Floating Village Tonle Sap Cambodia
After Phnom Phen we headed west to see some of the floating villages along the edge of Tonle Sap, the large lake in central Cambodia. There’s a very large lake …
S21, Killing Fields Phnom Phen Cambodia
The killing fields outside of Phnom Penh are in fact just that, fields with depressions, large holes in the ground, some marked with staggering numbers, others with no sign at …
Sen Monoron, Cambodia
Not many pictures in this set because I came down with dysentery shorting after we arrived. That was fun.
Ban Lung, Cambodia
After crossing into Cambodia we were a bit overwhelmed by the dramatic increase in tourists so we high tailed it up to the far northeast corner to avoid the crowds. …
Si Phon Don Laos
Better known as the four thousand islands. Nearly on the Cambodian border the Mekong spreads out to a width of a few miles leaving many large and small islands in …
Champasak Laos
After Attapeu I went on to Champasak alone while Matt and Debi went on to another village up in the hill country. I explored the wat in Champasak and generally …
Attapeu, Laos
From Xekong it’s a short bus ride to far end of the Bolevan Plateau where village of Attapeu. From there it’s only a half day motorbike ride to the Ho …
Sekong (Xekong)
After saying goodbye to Jackie and Ofir, Matt and I headed inland to Sekong where we met up with Debi again and encountered a series of strange things like a …
Tat Lo Falls
While waiting for Debi to get back from Thailand, we made a quick trip out the Tat Lo Falls for Valentine’s Day. I wrote about it in an entry that …
Hin Bun River Trip
After the trip to Konglor Cave we hired a boat for a seven hour journey back down to the Mekong. Alternately beautiful and grueling, Jacqui and I got a little …
Konglor Cave, Laos
Konglor Cave is in central Laos, it’s tough to get to, primitive when you arrive and still the best place in Laos. For full details be sure to check out …
Bin Ha Nin
A small village by the side of the road. The jumping off point for the trip to Konglor Cave, We elected to spend an extra day exploring the surrounding area. …
Laos - Vang Vieng
Ofir and I took the boat down the Luang Prabang again, headed for Vang Vieng when he ran into a friend from his time traveling in India. That friend was …