Going beyond the known

Crossing the borders by land is always more complicated than by plane but we like challenges. Actually, the ride from Siem Reap to Don Det in Laos was smoother than we were expecting :) Maybe due to the right choice of bus company (Asia Van Transfer) or just pure luck....

We had no clue what to expect about Cambodia cuisine. Is it actually different from Thai or Laotian cuisine? Before this trip we referred to virtually all dishes from this continent as Asian food :p After visiting a few countries we became aware these are vastly different countries, each has...

The cover of National Geographic which I saw 10 years ago and the article inside caused me to dream about discovering the Khmer Empire. It felt so unreal back then and fortunately some dreams come true earlier than you would expect. There I was, standing in front of Angkor Enterprise...

If you are like us and don’t like haggling, negotiating prices for taxi and tuk-tuk rides will likely be your least favorite part about travelling through Cambodia. However, with PassApp there is an alternative, at least in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap ! The pass app interface, virtually the same...

We encountered some difficulties with the bus again. This time, it stopped in totally different part of the city then what was promised to us. A few tuk-tuk drivers were already waiting to drive us closer to the city center but as expected the price was again way too high....

Kampot is located on the banks of the Kampot River with many restaurants and bars next to the water. Architecture of the buildings and many names of the restaurants and hotels refer to the time when this city was a French colony. This region is famous mainly because of pepper...

In a nutshell, after a few weeks spent hiking in Nepal, we took a plane to Bangkok to start the second part of our journey, this time in very different weather conditions :) Our idea was to make a loop through Cambodia, Laos and then back to Thailand, crossing the...