Sorry we have not updated the blog recently. This is due to a combination of laziness, being too busy, and being distracted by other issues. However, we are both well and we are preparing to fly home. We are now in Phnom Penh and have a flight out tomorrow for Honolulu, where we will spend […]
Banteay Chhmar: February 21-24, 2020
We took a shared taxi from Battambang to Sisophon, and another shared taxi from Sisophon to Banteay Chhmar. Total cost for the two of us was $20, and the entire trip took about 4 hours, including a 1-hour wait in Sisophon while the taxi filled with three more people and various packages. While we were waiting the […]
Battambang: February 16th-20th
A three hour journey by private car brought us to the relatively small town of Battambang. This town is a little tattered but charming with its small cafes, temple sites, bat caves, and the best known circus in Cambodia (the amazing Phare Ponleu Selpak). We managed to see most of the major sites with the exception of […]
Siem Reap: February 5th-15th.
We took a private car from Sra Em to Siem Reap which took about 4 hours arriving at the Eureka Villas owned by a pleasant man from Australia known as Trevor. We were very grateful that this place had all the comforts of home because Denise developed a moderate respiratory infection. She had access to all […]
Sra Em: February 3-4, 2020
We took a private car ($100) from BeTreed to Sra Em, which is the closest town to the Prasat Preah Vihear temple. This temple sits very near the Thai border and has a long history of conflict between the Cambodians and Thais, most recently in 2011. It is a Hindu temple built between around 900 to 1150, […]
BeTreed Adventures: February 1-2, 2020
We took a private car from Kampong Thom to a place called BeTreed Adventures, near Ta Seng ($80, with a stop off at Bakan Temple). It’s run by an American (Ben Davis) and his Australian wife (Sharyn), and their two daughters. For details on BeTreed see their web site at https://betreed.com. Suffice to say that it is well off […]
Kampong Thom January 28-31, 2020
Kampong Thom was only a 5 hour ride from Kratie by private car ($120, ouch!) with Cambodia Private Taxi with a very kind driver who stopped along the way for snacks and bathroom breaks. We had another Mekong River crossing by small ferry. Surprisingly, even though the Mekong is a major river running completely through Cambodia there […]
Coronavirus Update
Several readers have expressed concern about the current outbreak of coronavirus. We have not completely unplugged from world news so are keeping up to date on its spread. So far Cambodia has not been affected that we know of, and we are well outside the major international port of entry of Phnom Penh. We do […]
Kratie January 19-27, 2020
Sorry, this is a text-only post. We are having Internet issues as well as issues with incorporating images into our posts. We will update this post when we have the technical issues straightened out We made it to Kratie after a 5 hour uneventful car trip. We stayed at the Mom Brocheabrey Hotel ($25/night) until Wednesday […]
Phnom Penh: January 14-19, 2020
Despite all of my pre-trip worries and stress the flight to Phnom Penh was extremely uneventful. Total time from home to Cambodia was about 26 hours, with stops in Seattle (3 hour layover) and Taipei (3.5 hour layover). The layover times turned out to be a bit long because all our flights were on time […]
