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cambodia

getting to angkor wat

When my friend and I were planning our trip to Angkor Wat, we had a bit of a logistical challenge, because I was in Amsterdam and she was in Hong Kong, so we couldn’t sit down side-by-side and plan our itinerary. Despite all that and coordinating flights, etc., our trip went really, really well. I [...]

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Volunteering in Cambodia

March 2, 2010by Abbie Mood

garden

I scrunched my nose and coughed. “And that’s your first experience with burning trash,” Sam said as we were riding back to the hotel. Sam, the United Planet country coordinator, had just met me at the airport and we were in the tuk-tuk on our way back to the guesthouse to meet the other volunteers. [...]

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Should I hire a guide while travelling?

March 25, 2009by Andy Hayes

lost tourist needing a travel guide

On my recent trip to Cambodia, we hired a guide for both the Siem Reap and Phnom Phen portions of our trip. I always get a bit uncomfortable when hiring a guide – I never know if we’ll not have the same expectations of what I want out of the trip. I worry that I’ll [...]

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Cambodia – A Country of Extremes

March 13, 2009by Andy Hayes

cambodia - siem reap

If you asked my travelling partner who joined me to Cambodia how to describe this small Indochina country, I’m most certainly she’d say: Cambodia is not what you’d expect. It’s bizarre. Different. But really, really good. (I know this because I asked her!) I can’t think of one thing that was even remotely close to [...]

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Before his flight to Dubai, Gary Arndt spared some time to speak with me about his travels. He’s a busy guy – in March 2007, he sold his house, put his stuff in storage, and set out to see the world. He’s been to 40 countries so far, with plenty more on the way, as [...]

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My 2009 Travel Diary

December 29, 2008by Andy Hayes

I have been busy over the festive season bottoming out my travel plans for 2009 and I am very much looking forward to a year full of fun!

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