Cambodia - more than temples - Presentation Transcript
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Cambodia
more than temples
Traveler: Fred & Stacy
Duration: 20081220 - 20090101
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The preparations
2008/11/14 bought guide book
2008/11/12 ~ 2008/11/26 booked flight tickets
2008/11/28 found e-Visa! And read the FAQ
2008/11/30 apply for e-Visa, 20 minutes, US$25/pp
2008/12/01 received my e-Visa via email
2008/12/04 booked accommodations in Siem Reap( )
2008/12/08 the draft of my traveling route came out
2008/12/19 changed money
2008/12/20 Cambodia I am coming!
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Total expense
13 days in Cambodia
Excluding the flight tickets:
US$369.45
= NT$12,192
= 1,477,780 riel ( 150 ! 0_0)
Including the flight tickets: NT$26,356
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20081220 Day 1
Taipei – Ho Chi Minh – Siem Reap
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1st impression of Cambodia
Siem Reap intl. airport
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20081220 - Day 1- Siem Reap
on the way to downtown, by tuk-tuk
http://www.flickr.com/photos/javamariner/3187364742/
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20081220 Siem Reap
downtown view on the tuk-tuk
http://www.flickr.com/photos/javamariner/3187421672/in/photostream/
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20081226 – Day 7 - Battambang
video: Watch what happens when you meet one
coming the opposite way.
http://flickr.com/photos/javamariner/3202731977/
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20081226 – Day 7 - Battambang
video: See how to turn around the bamboo train
http://www.flickr.com/photos/javamariner/3202734377/
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20081226 – Day 7 - Battambang
Early French-era architectures! Actually I can’t feel how special they are. :p
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20081226 – Day 7 - Battambang
This wedding
ceremony at least last
3 days when we were
in Battambang, from
early morning to the
midnight! God! That's
really a long wedding.
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20081226 – Day 7 - Battambang
See~ That’ you in my camera.
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20081226 – Day 7 - Battambang
river bank night market
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20081226 – Day 7 - Battambang
Capitol tour bus station. I came here to buy the
ticket to Phnom Penh for tomorrow.
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20081226 – Day 7 - Battambang
urban view from royal hotel’s roof top
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20081226 – Day 7 - Battambang
fishing in the river
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20081226 – Day 7 - Battambang
Light orange is the symbol of monks.
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20081226 – Day 7 - Battambang
Cambodia’s fruit shake is the best one I ever drink.
You should try this once when you’re traveling there.
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20081227 - Day 8
super long bus trip to the coast city Sihanouk Ville
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20081227 – Day 8 - Battambang
waiting for the bus to Phnom Penh
Ticket:19000r / pp
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20081227 – Day 8 - Battambang
How many people on that car?
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20081227 – Day 8 - Battambang
1st impression on the capital city Phnom Penh:
Crowed and Noisy
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20081227 – Day 8 - Battambang
Waiting for the 2nd bus to Sihanoukville
Ticket:
20000r/pp
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20081227 – Day 8 - Battambang
We deserved a big meal after 10+ hours bus journey
and having a place to sleep tonight. :)
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20081228 – Day 9 - Sihanoukville
relax ourselves on the beach, whole day!
Cambodia is
bordered to the
west by the sea!
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20081230 – Day 11 - Phnom Penh
Psar Thmei, good place for shopping.
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20081230 – Day 11 - Phnom Penh
Psar Thmei
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20081230 – Day 11 - Phnom Penh
Super full! But it’s very common in Cambodia.
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20081230 – Day 11 - Phnom Penh
Royal Palace.
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20081230 – Day 11 - Phnom Penh
one of Cambodian’s evening activities.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/javamariner/3246499976/
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20081231 last day of 2008
serious history lesson at Tuol Sleng Genocide
Museum
Phnom Penh
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20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
looks like a school, but serious atmosphere in the air
- Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum
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20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
classroom is also a torture room
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20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
classroom is also a torture room
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20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
You know what? I
strongly doubt that’s
dried blood on the floor.
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20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (S-21)
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20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
Photos of the victims of the Khmer Rouge line the
walls
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20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
Photos of the victims of the Khmer Rouge line the
walls
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20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
Photos of the victims of the Khmer Rouge line the
walls
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20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum: school became a
torture place (S-21) in Cambodia Rough period
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20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
people died in S-21
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20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
stilled lives
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20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum: school became a
torture place (S-21) in Cambodia Rough period
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20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
breath & smile…
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20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
dizzy chickens
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20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
Psar Tuol Tom Pong - food court.
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20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
Psar Tuol Tom Pong - traditional market
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20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
Hello sir! Tuk-Tuks?
If you ever walked on
the street in Cambodia,
you should know what
I’m doing, right! hahaha
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20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
The Cambodia Daily: Indicted Taiwan Ex-
President Returns to Jail. 囧
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20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
Deserving a luxury dinner because today is
the last day of 2008!
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20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
celebrating for the upcoming new year of
2009 in Cambodia!
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20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
say something to the camera!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/javamariner/3195723277/
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20090101 – Day 13 - Phnom Penh
time to go home! Bye bye Cambodia.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/javamariner/3302023163/
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Reference
More about this journey
Photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/javamariner/sets/
72157610812372737/
Blog: http://fredmong.blogspot.com/2009/01/blog-post.html
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