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 […]
Month: January 2020
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 […]
