Cambodia Put the Repellent Down and Keep Up, Indiana We started our tour of south east Asia in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, where I spent my time searching for enough mosquito repellent to keep safe from malaria and dengue. Nora made fun of me, "You think you are the Jaques Cousteau of Jungle Temples. I would be
Cambodia On Food If I were you, this is the post that would probably make me most jealous: the food here in SE Asia is delicious. Especially in Cambodia we've had the most wonderful dishes although the cuisines are all rather similar in this region. (Thai food in particular seems to
Cambodia Traffic Encore Since our short traffic video of a Hanoi intersection was so well received we have produced a second. This time it takes place in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. The view is that of our hotel balcony. Its location by the edge of the Mekong also provides the opportunity
Cambodia Puppie Chaser I think we can all agree that this blog is in desperate need of a puppie chaser after that last post about the Khmer Rouge and S-21. (A "unicorn chaser", or in this case a puppie chaser, is a concept created by Boing Boing editors as an antidote
Cambodia Not For The Faint Of Heart From the serenity and beauty of Siem Reap and its temples, we moved to the extreme opposite when we visited Tuol Sleng, formerly known as Security Prison 21 or "S-21", the most notorious interrogation and torture prison in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge. The buildings of Tuol Sleng
Cambodia Angkor What? After some unfortunate experiences with the travel bug and an uneventful stay in Vientiane, we finally made it to Siem Reap, i.e. the gateway to Angkor Wat and its many many surrounding temples. So many in fact, that after three days of intense 'templing' we still haven&
