The road south to our final destination two hours away beckoned, but it meant another hellish minivan journey. I would have much rather taken a slow boat, but there were none running this time of year. This van driver headed out of Kampong Cham on time and then stopped on a corner somewhere on the…
Month: March 2023
Down The Mekong in Cambodia – Kratie and Kampong Cham
Kracheh The road south beckoned and the next day our police-arranged minivan turned up on time at the hotel. We must have made a good impression on these guys as we had the entire van to ourselves, the driver was professional, and nobody else or their household furniture was picked up on the two-hour journey….
Down The Mekong in Cambodia – Stung Treng
It was time to get out of the tourist trap and onto the open road into the real Cambodia. However, the journey to our next destination up on the Laos border would be a five-hour slog in a minivan … or so we thought. Very few people travel from Siem Reap to Stung Treng and…
Down The Mekong in Cambodia – Angkor Wat
The last time I visited this epic religious site was in 1999 when it was very hard to get to so very few people made it there. Today, the place is Cambodia’s biggest tourist destination attracting more than 2,500 people per day. Instead of taking motorcycles, we’d opted for a tuk-tuk for the day for…
Down The Mekong in Cambodia – Siem Reap
There is never a bad time to take a road trip, especially after almost three years of lockdowns. Three pals got together and decided to take a two-week trip to neighboring Cambodia to relieve the monotony of life in Bangsaphan. The plan was to avoid the Chinese casino town of Sihanoukville and venture off the…