After a full and emotionally draining morning at the Genocide Museum and Killing Fields retracing the historical events that transpired under the reign of the Khmer Rouge, JB Alison and I were ready to cut loose a bit and move on to some of the more touristy sights. National Museum Our first stop was the […]
I have to be honest, I’m a bit conflicted writing this blog post. There is no way I can do journalistic justice to what happened at both the Genocide Museum and the Killing Fields in the late 1970s. The atrocities that transpired here go beyond words, beyond emotion. Just walking through these places gave me […]
Dusk was rapidly approaching on our last night in Siem Reap and consequently our last night with Sokhom as well. On the drive back from Kompong Pluk an excited Sokhom announced that he had a surprise for us. He wanted to take us to his village to show us the Hammock Bar that he and […]
It’s hard to imagine anything coming close to the high we experienced at Beng Mealea. Kompong Phluk comes close. If you are looking to experience the floating villages of Cambodia, you basically have two options in Siem Reap – Chong Khneas or Kompong Phluk. The closest to Siem Reap, Chong Kheas is the obvious and […]
Our third and final day in Siem Reap was an incredibly full one. Alison decided to attend a cooking class at Soujorn while JB and I joined up with Sokhom once again for another day of templing. First up on our agenda that day was an ancient quarry and the temple of Beng Mealea. Beng […]
