Backpacking Days: Phnom Penh, Cambodia

October 2009 We rode a van from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh, the capital city of the Kingdom of Cambodia. I took us six hours to reach our destination. We stayed at the house of a Filipino missionary family in Phnom Penh for two nights. We first visited the killing field during the Khmer Rouge regime. […]

Backpacking Days: Siem Reap, Cambodia

October 2009 Fascinated by tales of ancient cities and civilizations, I packed my bags and together with three other girls started a journey to the ancient world. I learned that no matter how great a kingdom or civilization was, there was no such thing as forever. The ancient Khmer empire once ruled the entire Mekong valley from […]

Backpacking Days: Road to Poipet, Cambodia

October 2009 Overland travel from Thailand to Cambodia took more than five hours. We took the earliest train that departed from Bangkok‘s Hua Lamphong train station. The train arrived past 7 o’clock in the morning at Lat Krabang train station, which was the nearest station from where we stayed. We just paid 40 baht for the […]