My last proper day away was spent in Phnom Penh, capital city of Cambodia. Off the bus with a few other tourists, I was immediately surrounded by hundreds of taxi and tuk-tuk drivers. I was so glad that I booked accommodation before arriving! Because of the pre-planning, a driver was there with a sign and [...]
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Phnom Penh
Posted in Cambodia, tagged phnom penh, tuol sleng, cheung ek killing fields on July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Angkor Wat and Siem Reap
Posted in Cambodia, tagged angkor wat, siem reap on May 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
First impressions of Angkor Wat are overwhelming: a crush of people selling and buying; tuk-tuks, motos, tour buses; cries of ‘one dollar, one dollar.’ Separated from the masses by a wide moat is the structure itself – towering, wide and massive. Except, once you cross the bridge and pass through the building’s threshold you realize [...]
Crazy Cambodian Border
Posted in Cambodia, tagged poipet on May 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The bus picked me up from Bangkok in the early hours of the morning. Almost immediately I got chatting to a girl who was just on her way to Poipet (the Thai-Cambodian border) to do a visa run. Her name was Sarah – from Sarah to Sarah, quite ironic! She told me all about her [...]
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In the words of one wise professor, Amy is fulfilling the true calling of every English literature student and "becoming a vagabond."
This year will see her leaving her two homes -- Canada and England -- to chase the summer around the world with fellow adventurers Sarah and Jason. She will travel to eastern and southern Africa, Australia, New Zealand and south east Asia during a ten-month hiatus from school and the real world.
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