Oi! Once again the posse is ready to roll out of this (currently not so) Frozen Hell and storm the southern lands! Once again the road (or well, a few planes) leads us towards the faraway lands in the Asia, this time though we’ll be stopping once we reach the Indian subcontinent, instead of flying past it on our way to Southeast Asia. More precisely Sri Lanka it is! The...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Last week I just had to get some time off from this vicious cycle that being unemployed causes in ye ole noddle. I do tend to demand quite a lot from myself and this is not any different with the situation with finding a job: I never feel that I have done enough and that I should try even harder. This then leads to feeling guilty most of the time I do something else, or to...