The best way to make use of your time in Siem Reap is to get an overnight bus in. We left Sihanoukville after dark and arrived at 6 am in the morning meaning that we had 2 full days to make the most out of our final destination on the tour. From floating villages and bustling markets to the world famous sites in Angkor there is plenty to keep you busy here.
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Taking a Step Back in Koh Rong
Koh Rong is a beautiful island in Cambodia, accessible (obviously) only by boat. Even under fairly miserable weather conditions, the beaches are beautifully soft and sandy and it is a great place to just sit by the ocean and let the sound of waves draw away the tension.
Boat Trips and Pepper Plantations in Kampot
Kampot: yet another city that I had literally never heard of before planning my holiday around Cambodia. However, when I visited, I found myself pleasantly surprised by the place and reminded oddly of large parts of Sierra Leone. It feels about as close to a ‘real’ Cambodian city as you can get without everything catering to the needs and desires of tourists; that does mean, though, that there are some very uneven roads (calling them roads may be generous) as you move out of the centre and the facilities are not always as developed as one might hope.
S-21 Prison and The Killing Fields
This was probably the hardest day of my entire trip to Cambodia and Vietnam, as I knew it would be. Emotions ran high and standing in the remains of such awful places was a truly harrowing experience. It was a necessary one, though. You can’t go to these countries and not see what they’ve been through; the scars remain even today. It’s important to understand what happened, why it happened, and why it must never happen again.
Please be aware that this post contains details of some of the horrific events that occurred during the reign of the Khmer Rouge and descriptions of the memorials. It is upsetting.
Crossing the Cambodian Border and Phnom Penh
Getting from Ho Chi Minh City into Cambodia is really simple. All it takes is an 8 hours bus ride and $35 USD to pay for a visa on the border. The hardest part is trying not to be completely disgusted by men incapable of holding it in relieving themselves into plastic bags during the drive. Other than that, simple as pie!
Tales from Around the World 