First of all, Happy New Year 2012 everyone!! Hope you will have a great year full of discoveries, and travelling, and learning, and friends, and love, and success, and luck, and the tralala that comes with it! 🙂 So, on Friday 30th Dec I was still in Bangkok and I had just met with my … More Northern Thailand – One week
Hi everyone, Merry Christmas! Sorry for not updating you for 2 weeks, I didn’t find the time to write. Here is first a map of South Cambodia to give you a sense of the place: So last time I wrote, I was in Sihanoukville, in south of Cambodia, on the sea side. This is a … More 2 more weeks in Cambodia
28th December 2011 As I was back in Siem Reap for a few days before to head to Bangkok, I checked with Lorna if I could spend 2 days with her at the Angkor Butterfly Centre, to learn about butterflies. Lorna is from the UK, currently volonteering at the Angkor Butterfly Centre. We had met … More Cambodia – Angkor Butterfly Centre
Hi guys, One month already!!! Wooo!!! Let me share with you some of my adventures I haven’t told you about yet, hey! In Bangkok: The first day I arrived I changed in the bathroom and also changed the battery of my camera in there. Well, I was tired and forgot the battery on the toilet … More Month 1 summary
Bokor National Park is one of Cambodia’s supposedly protected area, with 1,581 sq-km. It is covered with rainforest and according to the Lonely Planet home to the tiger, leopard, Indian elephant, Asiatic black bear, Malayan sun bear, pileated gibbon, pig-tailed macaque, slow loris and pangolin, although none of these animals can be seen by tourists … More Bokor National Park
Today, I joined Florian and AurĂ©lie, who are running the Rega Guest House (where I am staying) since one year, as well as Fred who is doing a few projects for Kep in particular helping the children and has been around also since one year. We go to visit Sithon, who has installed an infrastructure … More From cow dung to electricity – Kep, Cambodia
Etjai means “recycling” in Vietnamese and is the name given to recycling waste pickers. There are thousands of etjais working in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. They pick up a two-wheel cart from a collection centre and work the streets during the day or throughout the night, stopping at various places to buy cardboards, … More One Day With An Etjai, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Hello! Thanks for your feedback. I will try shorter articles, but not sure I manage at the start. So much happening every day! How could I not share that with you? 🙂 Saturday 26th Nov: I went to visit the temples of Bantleay Srei (fine decoration, pink stone) and Kbal Spean (pretty walk of 30 … More Angkor temples and Phnom Penh photofestival
Hi everyone! I am in Siem Reap, in Cambodia since Monday 21st November. I am having an intense photography week, attending most of the events of the angkor-photo festival. It is truly an amazing photo festival. There are many photographers present here, talented people who have worked on various topics all over the world, strong … More 21-28nov: Siem Reap & Angkor
Hi everyone, Day 1 in Bangkok: I slept and ate and did nothing else. 🙂 Day 2: I left the hotel around 11am and tried to find a shop where a friend of a friend was working, but couldn’t find it. This is the Democracy Monument, it is a landmark for backpackers but funny enough … More 17-20nov: Bangkok !
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