Years back, on a bus from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville – with the long defunct DH Cambodia – I saw flying cow. On National Route 4, we wer...

Filtering through old photos I took of at Angkor in the 90s I found a few of Siem Reap Town I took in 1995. Unfortunately the photos are not...

Now that Royal funeral is over and done, the grounds of Veal Preah Man (a.k.a. Veal Preah Meru), the funerary complex of the late King Fa...

Saw this (serious) story ( The Curious Case of the Monkey in the Underpants ) about some guy traveling with a monkey in his underwear and it...

500 riel note, stuck in my journal that first week in Cambodia It's my Cambodia anniversary. Nineteen years ago today we arrived in P...

It’s the beginning of the high tourism season in Cambodia. The tourists are back, and so are the scammers that prey on them, especially in t...

Tep Vong Street, Siem Reap When I arrived in Siem Reap a week ago Sunday, much of the town was knee deep in water, affected by the floodi...

As most know by now, there has been flooding across the Cambodia and the region for almost two weeks, including in Siem Reap town. I drove f...

Tuk-tuks and motodups (motorcycle taxis) rank amongst the most annoying of annoyances for foreigners in Cambodia, badgering tourists and ex...

The Dutch government announced today that the Netherlands will soon ban tourists from their famed marijuana dispensing coffee shops which h...

Fire juggler, Ochheuteal Beach, Sihanoukville, Cambodia

Three months ago I reported on the state of the roads south from Phnom Penh to Kampot and Kep, recommending at the time taking an alternati...

The near end of Otres Beach, last week Otres has long been my favorite Sihanoukville beach. Twin sister of Ochheuteal Beach (the next bea...

Bangkok. Out of the hospital with a clean bill and no required follow-ups. Not quite what I was but a helluva lot better than I could have b...

The Credo 1. I shall eschew the ways of the tourist and have an authentic Asian experience rather than a shallow, contrived, package holid...

For years Thailand has been touted as ‘The Land of Smiles.’ On arrival at the old Don Muang Airport in Bangkok tourists were greeted by a ...

It was March 1994 if I remember correctly. My first visit to Angkor. I was fortunate. I had almost 4 weeks at the temples and I took full ...

Restaurants and guesthouses line the edge of Boeung Kak lake, 2007 Long Phnom Penh's backpacker ghetto, Boeung Kak lake and its legen...

The Cretin said, " The Cretans are always liars. " - The Liar Paradox I arrived in Ho Chi Minh City by plane, checked through i...