After the not so well slept night, the day arose to see most of us feeling more or less under the weather, mostly so Ville and somewhat myself and Jenny. Regardless of this we still decided to go get some breakfast out and check The great market, Psah Thom Thmey while in thew neighbourhood. Our initial aim was to re-visit that delightful baguette place we had found a couple...
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Asian Adventure I : Day 6 – Phnom Penh – Security Prison 21
After a lot of deliberation we decided to visit the infamous Security Prison 21 – a high school before the Khmer Rouge took over and turned it into concentration camp – nowadays housing the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum. The museum is dedicated to the memory of the thousands of inmates tortured and eventually killed by the Khmer Rouge during their few years of terror...
Asian Adventure I : Day 5 – Phnom Penh – Palaces and Pagodas (and some naan)
On Saturday we decided to do a soft landing to Phnom Penh and just go for a walk in the city centre. We trodded down the streets from our accommodation towards the center when we came by this super cool looking French style baquette place, and as we were kinda looking for a place where to break our fast (although we had a different place in mind) it was easy to stop there....
Asian Adventure I : Day 4 – Siem Reap & Phnom Penh – To travel or not to travel, that is the question
On Friday, our fourth day on the soil of Cambodia, it was time to leave the idyllic small town vibes of Siem Reap behind us and start our journey towards the nations capital, Phnom Penh. It would be cool to see the colonial era buildings and the more traditional Cambodian building styles intermingle in one city. Though we did not really have any big plans for visiting any...
Asian Adventure I : Day 3 – Siem Reap – ‘Ello, Angkor calling!
Day 3 – Thursday 18th of December – Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom and a bit more The day is here! The day is here! This is why we came this far! Angkor ruins await us just past the horizon. The morning started with an early, and I really mean early, wakeup at 4am (11pm back in Finland) with my eyes crossed. The only thing that got me moving at all was the...
Asian Adventure I : Day 2 – Siem Reap – The great body of fresh water
Day 2 – Wednesday 17th of December – Tonlé Sap lake and river cruise Late in day 1 we decided to do the Angkor tour – the main reason of coming to Siem Reap in the first place – on Thursday, so we had to figure out something for Wednesday. Our trusted driver-guide Jimbo suggested a riverboat ride on the river and on the delta of Siem Reap...
Asian Adventure I : Day 1 – Siem Reap – Where am I?
Day 1 – Tuesday 16th of December – Arrival After having sat in different airplanes and airports for a good part of a day – all in all our journey took 25 hours or so: from 6am to 7am the next day (mid day in Cambodia) – it was good to spend some time in relative quiet of our new host town. Or so I thought. After having settled in at our hostel...
Asian Adventure I – 5, 4, 3, 2, 1: Idiots Are Go!
As the saying goes, the eagle has landed – with a sore arse, but happy never the less! DAY 0 Flights The first moments of our trip were filled with blood-shot eyes and plenty of yawns after a healthy 2-3 hours of sleep per idiot. The taxi was waiting us at agreed time and we had arrived at Helsinki-Vantaa airport long before we even realized we had rolled off from...
Asian Adventure I – Anxiety over Malaria Medication
I finally started my anti-malaria medication and I am feeling kinda nervous about the possible side effects it could cause. After quite a lot of back and forth in between the different options, I ended up settling down with mefloquine based Lariam. The drug is easy to take – once a week during the trip, once before the trip and for four weeks after the trip, and is...
Asian Adventure vol. I – Travel Plan
On Dec 15th we will be leaving the cold, dark and depressing Frozen North™ and head out to experience the wonders of the world. The road will lead us first to Siem Reap, Cambodia via Manchester and Hong Kong. Sadly we have no time to stop at those locations in order to look around any further than the ever so trilling airport corridors and halls. All in all we will be on...