Siem Reap, Cambodia Travel Journals & Blogs

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- Apr 12, 2023
- 🌧 37 °C
- Altitude: 13 m
- Cambodia Siem Reap Sala Kamraeuk 13.336096, 103.85775113°20’10” N 103°51’28” E
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Day 31
On retrouve des copains !
April 12, 2023 in Cambodia ⋅ 🌧 37 °C
Aujourdhui c’est le dernier jour avant que Léo et Nicolas, des amis de Grenoble, arrivent. On avait prévu de se retrouver à Siem Reap pour le nouvel an cambodgien.
Pour nous c’est une journée plutôt calme, on change d’hostel ou on va passer les prochains jours avec les garçons, le mad monkey, et on chill un petit peu à la piscine de l’hostel.
Les gars arrivent vers 18h. Ils posent leurs affaires et on va leur faire découvrir le petit restaurant où on a mangé la veille pour qu’ils puissent tester les spécialités cambodgiennes.
On rejoint ensuite gladisse (ça s’écrit comme ça askip) qui a retrouvé sa sœur pour deux semaines ! Et le reste de la bande. On boit une petite bière, puis deux puis trois, et on finira la soirée au “temple” un bar/ boîte de nuit avec un rooftop où on a pu enchaîné les beer pong et Les buckets.Read more
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Traveler Le regard de X Men !! Effet bières ? 🍺
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Traveler Cambodge Oct2023
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- Oct 16, 2023
- ☁️ 31 °C
- Altitude: 14 m
- Cambodia Siem Reap Srangae 13.372225, 103.81272113°22’20” N 103°48’46” E
Day 11
Les Senteurs d’Angkor / Lotus Farm
October 16, 2023 in Cambodia ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
Avant d’entamer une mini- croisière sur le lac de Tonlé Sap, découverte de la réserve « Les Senteurs d’Angkor » où se cotoient plantes, fruits et parfums utilisés pour les huiles, savons et baumes : soins pour le corps et pour le bien être au quotidien.
De bien jolies choses également à offrir en souvenir !
Notre 2ème halte se situe au Lotus Farm où Ewen (un exilé breton), passionné de son activité, nous conte ici tous les bienfaits de la fleur de Lotus qui est bien plus qu’un symbole religieux au Cambodge ; la fleur de Lotus, on peut la boire, la manger ou s’habiller avec !…Read more
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- Mar 15, 2024, 8:00pm
- 🌙 31 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
- Cambodia Siem Reap Srangae 13.374999, 103.81088713°22’30” N 103°48’39” E
Day 11
Phare Cambodian Circus
March 15 in Cambodia ⋅ 🌙 31 °C
We showered, rested and had dinner at the hotel. Doug had arranged for tickets to the "Phare Circus".

Phare artists are students and graduates from Phare Ponleu Selpak’s (www.phareps.org) vocational training center in Battambang. The association was formed in 1994 by 9 young men coming home from a refugee camp after the Khmer Rouge regime. They were greatly helped during that time by an art teacher using drawing classes as therapy and wanted to share this new skill among the poor, socially deprived and troubled youngsters in Battambang. They founded an art school and public school followed to offer free education. A music school and theatre school were next and finally, for the kids who wanted more, the circus school. Today more than 1,200 pupils attend the public school daily and 500 attend the alternative schools.

Phare The Cambodian Circus offers these students and graduates somewhere to hone their skills and a place to earn a decent wage. Money that will take them out of poverty and give them self-respect and freedom.

Phare, The Cambodian Circus is the social business extension of Phare Ponleu Selpak. - roughly translated, The Brightness of the Arts school. The circus provides well-paying job opportunities to the school’s graduates, breaking the cycle of poverty. Revenue generated funds the school’s academic and artistic education programs as well as community support and engagement.

We had underestimated the effect that the "River Festival" that was running March 15-16 would have on our transportation to the Phare Circus across town. It was an incredible crowd scene of traffic and people but we managed to get there with a tuk tuk driver working partly at the hotel who was very pleasant. It was more of a cultural show than "circus"; very enjoyable with some impressive music, theatrics and acrobatics (no net - YIKES!). We were on bench seating at the top and luckily for Doug, no one in front of him so he could stretch his legs out; otherwise it would have been a cramped hour. The talent these gymnasts showed was absolutely world-class / Cirque de Soleil level stuff.Read more
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- Mar 3, 2024, 10:00am
- ☀️ 38 °C
- Altitude: 4 m
- Cambodia Siem Reap Sambuor Chrey 13.314962, 103.80543313°18’54” N 103°48’20” E
Day 5–7
Siem Reap
March 3 in Cambodia ⋅ ☀️ 38 °C
- Bus to Siem Reap, smooth and not too long, 4-5 hours. Angry birds helped time go faster
- all kinds of spring rolls cafe
- Sunset at Angkor Wat was lovely, met a tuk tuk driver who was the nicest man
- Sunrise and temple visits of the Khmer empire, a huge city from 1000 years ago, visiting felt very wild and the temples were so intricate. Despite their beauty, 4-5 temples was enough, it was far too hot by midday
- beers at several breweries and cafes were great, Siem Reap seems to be trending toward a sustainable and environmental view with their restaurants and some shops.
- delicious vegetarian meal, the best peanut butter pie. Also Haven restaurant, a restaurant hiring local kids to educate them and pay them was a great dining experience.
- landmine museum and the hero rats were visited, very raw places highlighting horrible things. The rats were cute though.Read more
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