Cambodia in a nutshell

,,Green rice fields, French colonial architecture, chaotic Phnom Penh, white sandy beaches and the magnificent temples of Angkor. This is Cambodia, a country in Southeast Asia which remembers the glorious times of the Khmer Empire and a brutal massacre during the reign of Poll Pot´s Khmer rouge".

This l is a retrospect of my travel to Cambodia, It's my point of view of places which I have visited and feelings that I had. It' s what I imagine if somebody would ask me: ,,Hey how was Cambodia?"

This summary can come in handy for those, who want to visit this country and don't know what to expect from it, and as well for those who want to know in a nutshell what Cambodia is about.

My travel:

When: October 2014

Lenght: 17 days

Budget: 30$

Type of travel: couple

Visa: on the boarder

Meal: 3 - 6$

Accomodation: Guest houses 3 - 10$ /room

Transport: bus, bicycle, tuk - tuk, moped

Visited places: Siam Reap, Battambang, Sihanoukville, Kampot, Kep, Phnom Penh, Kampong Cham, Stung Treng

Siam Reap ***

#3days, #Ankgorwatt, #wonderOfTheWorld, #jungle, #temples, #touristic, #food, #ripOff, #cycling, #poorPeople, #touristicTrap, #sunRise, #sunSet, night #market, #busy, #tuk - tuks

Angkor temples

Battambang ****

#3days, #bambooTrain, #motorbikeTrips, #KmehrRouge, #monasteries, #killingCaves, #cheap, #serenity, #nonTouristic, #localLife

killing caves

Sihanoukville *****

#5days, #beach, #sunset, #blueWater, #touristic, #boatTrip, #snorkeling, #party, #fun, #biliard, #islands, #serenity, #corruptPolice, #busy, #enjoy

sun set on the island

Kampot *****

#2days, #peace, #river, #nonTouristic, #market, #chilling, #BokorHill, #motorbikeTrips, #KhmerRouge, #pepperFields, #secretLake, #peace, #enjoy, #baguetes, #cheap, #FrenchColonialArchitecture

Kep ****

#1/2 day, #beach, #seafood, #nonTouristic, #sunSet, #cheap

crab hunting

Phnom Penh ***

#1day, #touristic, #busy, #ripOff, #nightMarket, #food, #traffic, #tuk - tuks

Kampong Cham ***

#2days, #nonTouristic, #FrenchColonialArchitecture, #rubberPlants, #river, #monasteries, #temples, #relax, #motorbikeTrips, #bambooBridge, #lightHouse

view on Mekong from the light house

Stung Treng **

#2days, #borderTown, #goodFood, #nonTouristic, #river, #silkFactory, #bicycleTrip

What to visit?

Eventhough Angkort watt is busy all year long it's a must visit place. I liked most the town Kampot and then Sihanoukville. If we would had time we would went Ratanakiri and Mondulkiri

Advices

The police is corrupt and if by accident you would have to pay a fine, the highest fine in Cambodia is

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