Category Archives: Cambodia

There are free guided tours on the how Cambodian silk is produced, after the tour and witnessing the work put in, I guess I can understand why silk products fetch such a premium. The tough part was trying to take … Continue reading →

It is difficult to concisely describe the experience of visiting the ancient ruins; in short, I must say you owe it to yourself to visit it at least once. The scale of the structures cannot be translated accurately through pictures and postcards. … Continue reading →

Tonlé Sap can be loosely translated as “Great Lake”  . During the monsoon season, the size increases to 16 000 square kilometres making it  the largest freshwater lake in South East Asia. The area is home to many ethnic Vietnamese, a … Continue reading →

Home of Joy was another orphanage, but this one takes in children of a younger age, mostly under five. At the start, the children were a bit cautious of the newly arrived strangers, but it did not take them long … Continue reading →

By far, this was the strangest thing that have happened in my life. For this post, I had tried to Google for “Kruosa Rikreay” the name of one of the orphanages in my Cambodia trip. There were 35 hits on Google. … Continue reading →

This trip was actually part of a school excursion to Siem Reap, Cambodia. Besides the customary trip to Angkor Wat, I was fortunate to have the chance to veer off the usual tourist itinerary and drop by some other spots … Continue reading →