Sihanoukville and Otres Beach, Cambodia travel tips
Besides our tips below, the best – and really as far as quality goes, only – guide to Otres Beach is on Travelfish.org
Cursed out in paradise
Fish head at Otres Beach | Photo by Lauren Girardin When we crossed from Laos into Cambodia, Todd and I met a German traveler headed in the opposite direction. This is always a gift, someone who’s been where you want…
10 best photos of the photogenic temples at Angkor
During our three-day bicycle exploration of the temples of Angkor, Cambodia, I took too many photos. The temples were a photogenic place to play around with my Canon G9 camera’s panorama and macro settings, though I admit I went a…
Angkor and Siem Reap, Cambodia travel tips
Siem Reap is a pleasant if rather soulless tourist town. Most of what there is to do is focused on nighttime entertainment, when people have returned from touring the Angkor temples.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia travel tips
Phnom Penh gives a first impression of a rough, ugly, sprawling town. The second impression is unfortunately much the same. With a huge expat community, the high end is very high. With the a large poor population, the low end…
Kratie, Cambodia travel tips
Where we ate: Krolan, a.k.a. bamboo rice – Along the roadside away from the tourist hotels, there are women with small roadside displays of bamboo tubes of various lengths and diameters. You’ll need to haggle a bit, but for much…
Drawings on beer labels and more – Art from Laos
Decorations at Hive Bar, Laos$10, marker on a beer label, 3.5″ x 5″ oval When I ran out of room in my Moleskine notebook, I made a couple of drawings on Beer Laos labels, which were always plentiful as we…
