By Lakeside. Up until a few years ago, it was a name synonymous amongst the backpacking community with one locale: Beoung Kak Lake in Phnon Penh. A budget haven for visitors to Cambodia to put their feet up and enjoy some fine local delicacies, illicit or otherwise. With its large, open
Follow the Mekong: Hitching a Ride Around Kampot
Our correspondent, upon exploring the Mekong, is confronted with two iconic modes of Southeast Asian transport.
By Confronting Genocide: The Killing Fields of Phnom Penh
Between 1975 and 1979 Cambodia suffered a genocide resulting in the deaths of an estimated 1.5 to 3 million people. Instigated by the Khmer Rouge – the followers of the Communist Party of Kampuchea – after their victory in the Cambodian civil war and led by politician, revolutionary and former
Silhouettes and Sundown on Rabbit Island
Our correspondent collapses into a hammock just in time for the sunset on serene Koh Thonsay.
