Phnom Penh Archive

  • Priorities are a funny business. They are often so muddled and difficult to sort out. But then, once in a while, something cuts through it all and your priorities become clear. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Trip update 3 left off with us in Sihanoukville, Cambodia. We had just...

    Magic Travel Blog – Trip Update 4

    Priorities are a funny business. They are often so muddled and difficult to sort out. But then, once in a while, something cuts through it all and your priorities become clear. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Trip update 3 left off with us in Sihanoukville, Cambodia. We had just...

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  • Ooh fancy. After a lot of deliberation where we weighed up the costs, time saved and comfort, we decided to take a taxi all the way from Sihanoukville to Phnom Penh’s airport. This was one of the best decisions we have ever made! Our cab driver picked us up at...

    How To Get From Sihanoukville To Phnom Pehn Airport Easily

    Ooh fancy. After a lot of deliberation where we weighed up the costs, time saved and comfort, we decided to take a taxi all the way from Sihanoukville to Phnom Penh’s airport. This was one of the best decisions we have ever made! Our cab driver picked us up at...

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  • This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Magic Travel Blog Trip Updates Time for Magic Travel Blog’s Trip Update 3! It has been about seven weeks since we last did an update. We wrote this post eight months after we left Perth on 1st November 2011. It...

    Magic Travel Blog – Trip Update 3

    This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Magic Travel Blog Trip Updates Time for Magic Travel Blog’s Trip Update 3! It has been about seven weeks since we last did an update. We wrote this post eight months after we left Perth on 1st November 2011. It...

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  • Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be famous? Having strangers know who you are. Being approached in the street by people wanting to talk to you. I’m sure most of us have wondered what it would be like at some point. After 9 weeks travelling around Cambodia I...

    Ever Wanted To Be Famous? Try Cambodia!

    Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be famous? Having strangers know who you are. Being approached in the street by people wanting to talk to you. I’m sure most of us have wondered what it would be like at some point. After 9 weeks travelling around Cambodia I...

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  • It was time to leave Phnom Penh for Sihanoukville. We needed to leave the capital city of Cambodia and head to the small ocean side town near(ish) the border of Vietnam. We were very happy. It had been a long time since we had seen the ocean. The day before...

    How To Get From Phnom Penh To Sihanoukville Easily

    It was time to leave Phnom Penh for Sihanoukville. We needed to leave the capital city of Cambodia and head to the small ocean side town near(ish) the border of Vietnam. We were very happy. It had been a long time since we had seen the ocean. The day before...

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  • I am not going to lie to you. Sending anything from Cambodia is far too expensive to even consider buying and sending home. If you really do need to buy those 30 bags and 10 t-shirts and 100 pairs of earrings, consider either not doing it or accept the fact...

    Parcel Postage Rates – Price Guide to Post Stuff from Cambodia

    I am not going to lie to you. Sending anything from Cambodia is far too expensive to even consider buying and sending home. If you really do need to buy those 30 bags and 10 t-shirts and 100 pairs of earrings, consider either not doing it or accept the fact...

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  • 1) Experience Absinthe at the L’Absinthe Bar Absinthe is a drink that everyone has heard of but most have never tried. It’s an exceptionally strong spirit flavoured with anise, fennel and wormwood. It’s legal status in some countries ensures that it remains a historical curiosity unavailable to many. Here in...

    Five Things To Do In Phnom Penh

    1) Experience Absinthe at the L’Absinthe Bar Absinthe is a drink that everyone has heard of but most have never tried. It’s an exceptionally strong spirit flavoured with anise, fennel and wormwood. It’s legal status in some countries ensures that it remains a historical curiosity unavailable to many. Here in...

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  • We have read numerous articles about the North Korean Restaurant – Pyongyang. These restaurants can be found in a handful of locations around the world providing delicious North Korean delicacies. We had assumed based on what we had read that it would be quite a sterile environment with beautiful but...

    North Korean Pyongyang Restaurant in Phnom Penh Cambodia

    We have read numerous articles about the North Korean Restaurant – Pyongyang. These restaurants can be found in a handful of locations around the world providing delicious North Korean delicacies. We had assumed based on what we had read that it would be quite a sterile environment with beautiful but...

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  • Cambodia has a fairly grim past. The former French protectorate really didn’t catch a break throughout the entirety of the second half of the 20th century. A military coup, decades of civil war, large scale bombing, invasion and genocide. Despite everything that occurred, easily the most famous period of Cambodia’s...

    The Killing Fields & S21

    Cambodia has a fairly grim past. The former French protectorate really didn’t catch a break throughout the entirety of the second half of the 20th century. A military coup, decades of civil war, large scale bombing, invasion and genocide. Despite everything that occurred, easily the most famous period of Cambodia’s...

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  • There are two main ways to get to Phnom Penh from Battambang in Cambodia. The first is via taxi, either shared or private for around $45 USD. You can split one with someone else to split the cost. The alternative is via local bus for between $5 – $7. We...

    How to Get From Battambang to Phnom Penh Easily.

    There are two main ways to get to Phnom Penh from Battambang in Cambodia. The first is via taxi, either shared or private for around $45 USD. You can split one with someone else to split the cost. The alternative is via local bus for between $5 – $7. We...

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