• 5 Fun Things to Do In Siem Reap

    Yes, you’re going to Siem Reap to see the temples of Angkor. But take it from someone who has been visiting for over 20 years, there’s more to Siem Reap than temples. On this trip, we experienced great food and shopping, saw hero rats…

  • Koh Ker School, Cambodia and the Ponheary Ly Foundation

    One of the reasons we came to Cambodia on this trip was to check in with the Ponheary Ly Foundation, a wonderful non-profit we’ve been involved with for many years now. In fact, you can read about our previous trips…

  • Dining Out in Siem Reap Cambodia

    There are literally hundreds of restaurants in Siem Reap, and for the most part, we ate well, and for not much money. Below are a few of the highlights. Across from the Old Market is the iconic colonial Cafe Central (photo…

  • Siem Reap; The Old Market

    I’ll be the first to admit we didn’t do much in Siem Reap, at least not much in the way of typical tourist activities. There were no visits to Angkor Wat, no Land Mine Museum, no night market. Instead, we…

  • Feeding My Ancestors; Cambodia’s Pchum Ben Festival

    October 8, 2010  Pchum Ben Festival  This morning we got up at 3am to go out to a pagoda in a rural area about an hour outside Siem Reap to feed our ancestors. Yes, you read that right.  Today is one of the most important…

  • A One Day Visit to Temples of Angkor and Abacus Restaurant

    October 7, 2010 Even though I visited the temples on my last two trips to Cambodia, I knew I could not come all the way to Siem Reap without  seeing them again. This time my goal was an abbreviated tour with an emphasis on…