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...