Siem Reap is the gateway to Angkor Park. Given the amount of money that flows through the Park, it’s not surprise that Siem Reap has seen a lot of development. We didn’t get to see a lot of Cambodia but it is hard to imagine a city that got more attention than Siem Reap. It…

And that’s not ‘awesome’ the way I usually use it, as in ‘this ice cream is awesome’ or ‘I got an awesome parking spot’. It’s more like this: awe·some /ˈôsəm/ adjective extremely impressive or daunting; inspiring great admiration, apprehension, or fear. Angkor Wat and the surrounding sites truly deserve this word. Wandering around inside the…

After Bauphon, we pedaled ourselves a little off the beaten path. This was done quite literally, as we took a dirt path that seemed more or less abandoned to reach the eastern side of Angkor Thom. After spending some time gawking at the massive stone gate, we continued on to see Ta Prohm. Ta Prohm…

After seeing Luang Prabang (last mentioned by Marisa in our most recent post) and after the disappointment of Kampot, we were looking forward to seeing Phnom Penh. The city was once referred to as the Pearl of Asia, one of the ‘loveliest French-built cities in Indochina’ (at least according to Wikipedia). We were expecting something…

Our first stop in Cambodia was the small town of Kampot. I wanted to go to Kampot because I had been hoping it would be like Luang Prabang (one of my favorite places, as you may recall). Kampot is described as a quaint riverside town, so it seemed reasonable to think it might be like Luang…