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Holiday in Cambodia Day 2: Siem Reap, Angkor Wat
I am a fortunate traveller. In the past 3 months I have both watched the sun set over Manhattan, and the sun rise over Angkor Wat. I know that I’ve also worked hard to be able to afford both the time and money to travel, so some of my fortune is of my own doing, but I’m in a count my blessings kind of mood. (Not that I’m going to literally count all of my blessings, but we can just say that I’ve probably got more than most but less than some.) Angkor Wat, a huge, impressive temple structure, symbol of Cambodia, world heritage listed, and a monument to Vishnu.…
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Holiday in Cambodia: Day 0
It’s that time again, for the second year in a row I find myself with some accrued work time I have to take and I’ve managed to scrape together the bucks for a cheap jaunt in South East Asia. Last year was Kuala Lumpur: cooking classes, rollercoasters, rooftop helipad bars. This time it’s the Heart of Darkness, the place where, as Jello Biafra noted in the late 1970s, “they get things done”. It’s a holiday in Cambodia. I don’t know much about Cambodia. I’ve read the news, followed the history, read the wikipedias. So all I know is that, when it comes to Cambodia, is that I know fuck all.…
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Day 10-11: Mambo de la Luna, thoughts from the road
Snake eyes on the paradise, and we’ve got to go today. These are just road thoughts, a further attempt to pull together what I’ve experienced over the last 10 days. That sort or piece where any better writer would be able to neatly wrap things up in a paragraph, or an Anthony Bourdain show could sum things up well in a couple of lines and a decent final shot. Cuba has been challenging, that’s for sure. All travel is challenging, or at least it should be: there is no point going around the world just to experience what you have at home everywhere you go. For Cuba, some of the…
