1. +
Cambodia
more than temples
Traveler: Fred & Stacy
Duration: 20081220 - 20090101

2. +
The preparations
2008/11/14 bought guide book
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2008/11/12 ~ 2008/11/26 booked flight tickets
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2008/11/28 found e-Visa! And read the FAQ
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2008/11/30 apply for e-Visa, 20 minutes, US$25/pp
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2008/12/01 received my e-Visa via email
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2008/12/04 booked accommodations in Siem Reap( )
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2008/12/08 the draft of my traveling route came out
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2008/12/19 changed money
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2008/12/20 Cambodia I am coming!
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3. +
Total expense
13 days in Cambodia
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Excluding the flight tickets:
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US$369.45
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= NT$12,192
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= 1,477,780 riel ( 150 ! 0_0)
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Including the flight tickets: NT$26,356
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4. +
20081220 Day 1
Taipei – Ho Chi Minh – Siem Reap

5. +
1st impression of Cambodia
Siem Reap intl. airport

6. +
20081220 - Day 1- Siem Reap
on the way to downtown, by tuk-tuk
http://www.flickr.com/photos/javamariner/3187364742/

7. +
20081220 Siem Reap
downtown view on the tuk-tuk
http://www.flickr.com/photos/javamariner/3187421672/in/photostream/

8. +
20081220 Siem Reap
dinner at a narrow alley

9. +
20081220 Siem Reap
Fanta boys

10. +
20081221 - Day 2 - Siem Reap
- Angkor Wat’s
sunrise
- Angkor Thom
- Phnom Bakheng’s
sunset

11. +
20081222 - Day 3 - Siem Reap
Cycling to Angkor Wat

12. +
20081222 - Day 3 - Siem Reap
Cycling to Angkor Wat
http://flickr.com/photos/javamariner/3273945184/

13. +
20081223 - Day 4 - Siem Reap
mailing a postcard to myself and cycling
around the city

14. +
20081223 - Day 4 - Siem Reap
infant/elementary school campus outside my
window
http://flickr.com/photos/javamariner/3306205184/

15. +
pure smile
they are Poor or Rich? you think.
20081223
Siem Reap

16. +
20081223 - Day 4 - Siem Reap
classroom, no walls

17. +
20081223 - Day 4 - Siem Reap
classroom, no walls.

18. +
20081224 – Day 5 - Christmas Eve!
Siem Reap  floating village

19. +
20081224 – Day 5 – Siem Reap
just go further away from the downtown, you will get
fruits with much cheaper price

20. +
20081224 – Day 5 – Siem Reap
Tarmarind =

21. +
20081224 – Day 5 – Siem Reap
floating village on Tonle Sap Lake

22. +
20081224 – Day 5 – Siem Reap
Cheers!

23. +
20081224 – Day 5 – Siem Reap
floating kids

24. +
20081224 – Day 5 – Siem Reap
learning Vietnamese, because they are all
Vietnamese but living on Cambodia’s Tonle Sap
Lake.

25. +
20081224 – Day 5 – Siem Reap
Sad moment! Because I rejected his exaggerative
request for tips: US$5 for each!

26. +
20081224 – Day 5 – Siem Reap
Someone said: how about gecko soup?

27. +
20081225 – Day 6
long boat journey to Battambang – 8 hours

28. +
20081225 – Day 6 – Siem Reap
We took a free 9-seat mini van to the harbor, but…

29. +
20081225 – Day 6 – Siem Reap
Heading to Battambang? Right boat. Phnom Penh?
Left one.

30. +
20081225 – Day 6 – Siem Reap
all are on the roof top…

31. +
20081225 – Day 6 – Siem Reap
depart from Siem Reap at 7:41am

32. +
20081225 – Day 6 – Tonle Sap Lake
floating villagers

33. +
20081225 – Day 6 – Tonle Sap Lake
more floating villagers

34. +
20081225 – Day 6 – Tonle Sap Lake
floating villagers

35. +
20081225 – Day 6 – Tonle Sap Lake
floating church

36. +
20081225 – Day 6 – Tonle Sap Lake
everyone here needs to learn how to boat

37. +
20081225 – Day 6 – Tonle Sap Lake
floating village

38. +
20081225 – Day 6 – Tonle Sap Lake
floating marketplace

39. +
20081225 – Day 6 – Tonle Sap Lake
Hey hey! Wait for us please!

40. +
20081225 – Day 6 – Tonle Sap Lake
Hey hey! Wait for us please!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/javamariner/3192367375/

41. +
20081225 – Day 6 – Tonle Sap Lake
kids, maybe they never know what land is.

42. +
20081225 – Day 6 – Tonle Sap Lake

43. +
20081225 – Day 6 – Tonle Sap Lake
Cambodia's most spectacular boat journey:
Siem Reap - Battambang
http://flickr.com/photos/javamariner/3193203748/

44. +
20081225 – Day 6 – Tonle Sap Lake
floating community

45. +
20081225 – Day 6 – Tonle Sap Lake
kiss bye! Who teach her that!?

46. +
20081225 – Day 6 – Tonle Sap Lake
young floating villagers

47. +
20081225 – Day 6 – Tonle Sap Lake
fisherman

48. +
20081225 – Day 6 – Battambang
kids’ playing time

49. +
20081225 – Day 6 – Battambang
arrived in Battambang at 3:41pm, 8 hours after
the departure.

50. +
20081225 – Day 6 – Battambang
street and urban view from Royal Hotel

51. +
20081225 – Day 6 – Battambang
central market – Psar Nat

52. +
20081225 – Day 6 – Battambang
Today’s 1st meal at White Rose restaurant.

53. +
20081225 – Day 6 – Battambang
curry fish sour can be said my favorite food in
Cambodia.

54. +
20081226 – Day 7 - Battambang
today’s targets: countryside and bamboo train

55. +
20081226 – Day 7 - Battambang
handmade spring roll skins

56. +
20081226 – Day 7 - Battambang
video: handmade spring roll skins
http://flickr.com/photos/javamariner/3202724263/

57. +
20081226 – Day 7 - Battambang
US$1

58. +
20081226 – Day 7 - Battambang
Go Visiting more in the countryside

59. +
20081226 – Day 7 - Battambang
video: handmade rice noodle
http://flickr.com/photos/javamariner/3203577314/

60. +
20081226 – Day 7 - Battambang
handmade rice noodle

61. +
20081226 – Day 7 - Battambang
fish market

62. +
20081226 – Day 7 - Battambang

63. +
20081226 – Day 7 - Battambang
dry fishes

64. +
20081226 – Day 7 - Battambang
Sticky rice, US$1 for 2

65. +
20081226 – Day 7 - Battambang
Bamboo train! It’s the main reason we came here!

66. +
20081226 – Day 7 - Battambang
video: crawling bamboo train
http://flickr.com/photos/javamariner/3203579604/

67. +
20081226 – Day 7 - Battambang
video: Watch what happens when you meet one
coming the opposite way.
http://flickr.com/photos/javamariner/3202731977/

68. +
20081226 – Day 7 - Battambang
video: See how to turn around the bamboo train
http://www.flickr.com/photos/javamariner/3202734377/

69. +
20081226 – Day 7 - Battambang
Early French-era architectures! Actually I can’t feel how special they are. :p

70. +
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.

71. +
20081226 – Day 7 - Battambang
See~ That’ you in my camera.

72. +
20081226 – Day 7 - Battambang
river bank night market

73. +
20081226 – Day 7 - Battambang
Capitol tour bus station. I came here to buy the
ticket to Phnom Penh for tomorrow.

74. +
20081226 – Day 7 - Battambang
urban view from royal hotel’s roof top

75. +
20081226 – Day 7 - Battambang
fishing in the river

76. +
20081226 – Day 7 - Battambang
Light orange is the symbol of monks.

77. +
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.

78. +
20081227 - Day 8
super long bus trip to the coast city Sihanouk Ville

79. +
20081227 – Day 8 - Battambang
waiting for the bus to Phnom Penh
Ticket:19000r / pp

80. +
20081227 – Day 8 - Battambang
How many people on that car?

81. +
20081227 – Day 8 - Battambang
1st impression on the capital city Phnom Penh:
Crowed and Noisy

82. +
20081227 – Day 8 - Battambang
Waiting for the 2nd bus to Sihanoukville
Ticket:
20000r/pp

83. +
20081227 – Day 8 - Battambang
We deserved a big meal after 10+ hours bus journey
and having a place to sleep tonight. :)

84. +
20081228 – Day 9 - Sihanoukville
relax ourselves on the beach, whole day!
Cambodia is
bordered to the
west by the sea!

85. +
20081228 – Day 9 - Sihanoukville

86. +
20081228 – Day 9 - Sihanoukville
Serendipity Beach & Occheuteal Beach

87. +
20081228 – Day 9 - Sihanoukville
Serendipity Beach & Occheuteal Beach

88. +
20081228 – Day 9 - Sihanoukville
little salesman with pretty smile

89. +
20081228 – Day 9 - Sihanoukville
little salesman

90. +
20081228 – Day 9 - Sihanoukville
Occheuteal Beach

91. +
20081228 – Day 9 - Sihanoukville
Nothing to do but relax!

92. +
20081228 – Day 9 - Sihanoukville
Question: what’s that?
http://video.yahoo.com/watch/4409447/11824852

93. +
20081228 – Day 9 - Sihanoukville
Answer: the reason of beach’s breathing
http://video.yahoo.com/watch/4409471/11824880

94. +
20020081228 What a cozy day
Sunset over the beaches of Sihanoukville.
Occheuteal Beach

95. +
20081228 – Day 9 - Sihanoukville
Night bars on the beach

96. +
20081229 – Day 10 - Sihanoukville
Walking 20 minutes to the bus station.

97. +
20081229 – Day 10 - Sihanoukville
Question: what’s that small cube for?

98. +
20081229 – Day 10 - Sihanoukville
Answer: public (mobile) phone – it costs me
3000r for 10 minutes calls

99. +
20081229 – Day 10

100. +
20081229 – Day 10
Question: What’s this fruit?

101. +
20081229 – Day 10
Answer: custard apple –

102. +
20081229 – Day 10
little fruits girls.

103. +
20081229 – Day 10 - Sihanoukville
putting goods on their heads, even they are talking
gossips. :)

104. +
20081229 – Day 10 – Phnom Penh
National Museum

105. +
20081229 – Day 10 - Phnom Penh
Royal Palace

106. +
20081230 – Day 11 - Phnom Penh
one day walk in Phnom Penh

107. +
20081230 – Day 11 - Phnom Penh
gecko souvenir shop

108. +
20081230 – Day 11 - Phnom Penh
Psar Thmei, good place for shopping.

109. +
20081230 – Day 11 - Phnom Penh
Psar Thmei

110. +
20081230 – Day 11 - Phnom Penh
Super full! But it’s very common in Cambodia.

111. +
20081230 – Day 11 - Phnom Penh
Royal Palace.

112. +
20081230 – Day 11 - Phnom Penh
one of Cambodian’s evening activities.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/javamariner/3246499976/

113. +
20081231 last day of 2008
serious history lesson at Tuol Sleng Genocide
Museum
Phnom Penh

114. +
20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
looks like a school, but serious atmosphere in the air
- Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum

115. +
20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
classroom is also a torture room

116. +
20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
classroom is also a torture room

117. +
20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
You know what? I
strongly doubt that’s
dried blood on the floor.

118. +
20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (S-21)

119. +
20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
Photos of the victims of the Khmer Rouge line the
walls

120. +
20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
Photos of the victims of the Khmer Rouge line the
walls

121. +
20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
Photos of the victims of the Khmer Rouge line the
walls

122. +
20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum: school became a
torture place (S-21) in Cambodia Rough period

123. +
20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
people died in S-21

124. +
20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
stilled lives

125. +
20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum: school became a
torture place (S-21) in Cambodia Rough period

126. +
20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
breath & smile…

127. +
20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
dizzy chickens

128. +
20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
Psar Tuol Tom Pong - food court.

129. +
20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
Psar Tuol Tom Pong - traditional market

130. +
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

131. +
20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
The Cambodia Daily: Indicted Taiwan Ex-
President Returns to Jail. 囧

132. +
20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
Deserving a luxury dinner because today is
the last day of 2008!

133. +
20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
celebrating for the upcoming new year of
2009 in Cambodia!

134. +
20081231 – Day 12 - Phnom Penh
say something to the camera!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/javamariner/3195723277/

135. +
20090101 – Day 13 - Phnom Penh
time to go home! Bye bye Cambodia.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/javamariner/3302023163/

136. +
Reference
More about this journey
Photos:
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/javamariner/sets/
72157610812372737/
Blog: http://fredmong.blogspot.com/2009/01/blog-post.html
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