See It Do It Live It

Of course we also wanted to sample the fun side of Phnom Penh. This city really feels like somewhere that people live, rather than just one big tourist experience. There are a lot of ex-pats here, working at the many NGOs. We (guiltily) enjoyed a breakfast of muffins and doughnuts. Not at all ‘local’ but very much appreciated. There is just something wrong with having dinner items at breakfast time – curry before 12? No thanks! To escape from the oppressive humidity for an afternoon, we went to the cinema….read more

While in Cambodia, it felt necessary and right to remember the countries recent history. To this end we visited both the S-21 prison and one of the Killing Fields. The S-21 prison was once a school which was then converted into Cambodia’s most important prison during the Khmer Rouge regime. 14,000 prisoners were tortured and killed here, and only seven survived. It was a terrible place, and it is quite hard to even figure out our feelings about our visit there. The Killing Fields are half an hour away from…read more