The Killing Fields, Toul Sleng, Royal Palace and the National Museum are main tourist points of Phnom Penh. If you want to do something more adventurous and off-the-beaten path, sign up for a half or full-day biking excursion through the Kandal province where you will visit Silk Island. I did the half-day excursion from 9 to 2…
Seeing something so beautiful makes you feel guilty about blinking.
“Traveling allows you to feel connected to the humanity of which we are all components. Walking down the street and seeing someone live out their everyday life, with or without your witness, is humbling.”
“People who love to eat are always the best people” –Julia Child One of my favorite things to do is eat; it doesn’t matter if I am back in my hometown, across the world, or somewhere in between. One of the best things in life is to eat delicious food around awesome people. Abroad, adventurous…
When I first moved to Cambodia all of the expats that I met talked fondly of Phnom Penh and Cambodia–so fondly in fact, that I was mistrusting. I remember thinking things like, “Wow, when was the last time you were in a developed country?” or “Really, I think you’re completely nuts, but sure I’ll go…
A fart by any other name would smell as sweet. I have been living in Cambodia for two months now and just recently experienced the “ritual” that every person who decides to be here longer than a month goes through. That experience is known as “stomach adjustment” a.k.a. peeing out of your bum. About a…
Currently I am living in Phnom Penh, meaning that my experience as an expat is completely different from that of a traveler, but I have noticed a trend with the foreign wanderers of Southeast Asia: they tend to skim over Cambodia. They do what they should do, which usually ends up meaning that they spend…
Cambodia, like anything beautifully complex, is only understood from personal experience. Life in Phnom Penh, or the Pearl of Asia, which is the capital of Cambodia, or The Kingdom of Wonder, is surreal and even at six months in, I still find myself exhausted from cultural immersion. Before going into the dos and don’ts of…
