Cambodia
- Population: 14.8 million (UN, 2005)
- Capital: Phnom Penh
- Area: 181,035 sq km (69,898 sq miles)
- Major language: Khmer
- Major religion: Buddhism
- Life expectancy: 52 years (men), 60 years (women) (UN)
- Monetary unit: 1 riel = 100 sen
- Cambodia Daily – English-language
- Phnom Penh Post – English-language
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Cambodia Travel Guide Online
Cambodia is an odd country. Virtually no other society in recorded history can boast to have destroyed itself as thoroughly as Cambodia did during the 1970’s. Hundreds of thousands, and ...
Cambodia Train Surfing
The train ride from Cambodia’s second city, Battenbang, back to the capital Phnom Penh. Ticket costs $3, the locals pay about $1. I try the old student card again. I ...
Cambodia's Haunted Hotels
There’s a huge hotel on one of the beaches, The Independence Hotel. It’s deserted and derelict. Marked down for demolition. I ask the Cambodians standing around the entrance selling soft ...
The Traveler Ghetto of Phomn Penh, Cambodia
Cambodia was a rush of blood and strange chemicals into an already diseased mind. You simply couldn’t escape the perfect hedonism of the place. For $30 you could rent heavy ...
Genocide Tourism in Cambodia is Voyeuristic and Macabre
What happened in Cambodia in the 1970’s is almost beyond comprehension. Perhaps topping the list of 20th century mass murderers for psychopathic flair alone, Pol Pot reduced his country to ...
Utterly Stoned On Happy Pizza in Cambodia
It was a fitting end to a wildly convoluted journey. I had been waiting in Trat, Thailand for several days, and had another week to linger before a flight that ...
Teaching English in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
My new boss seemed quite nervous during the interview. His hands were shaking and he avoided eye contact, preferring to look at his computer screen or the ground instead of ...
Dating Guys and Girls in Cambodia
Cambodia is at times an absurdly conservative society, especially in regard to male-female relationships. It is extremely rare for a Cambodian man and woman to show any kind of affection ...
Happy Pizza and Cockfighting in Phnom Penh
I woke up on a Sunday morning in my cheap guesthouse on the lakeside bleary eyed and groggy. I swore to myself that I would start making real changes in ...
Cambodia Border
One of the things I most love about Thailand is the unpredictability of the place. It is possible to go out at night for a beer–just one beer–and have an ...
Riding the Bamboo Train - Cambodia Travel Story
Deep in the Cambodian jungle I was rewarded with the kind of experience only those who wander fall afield can find.
Locals call it the Norry Train, but to everyone else ...
