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Saying Goodbye To Cambodia…

Saying Goodbye To Cambodia…

by Calvin Sun | Jun 19, 2010 | *Countries, Cambodia, How's the weather?, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, What Dreams May Come

Gonna miss ya, Cambodia.     I’ll be back.  - At time of posting in Siemreap, it was 28 °C - Humidity: 78% | Wind Speed: 2km/hr | Cloud Cover: scattered...

Sights, Sounds, and Smells Of Siem Reap

by Annah Kim | Jun 19, 2010 | Cambodia, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India

  I took this video yesterday at, I believe, Preah Khan. Sights: Ruins, Marvelous Tree, Khmer Architecture, Lush Vegetation, Really Colorful Butterflies Sounds: Khmer Traditional Music being played just outside the complex, Birds, Rustling of Leaves.     It’s...
A Sunrise In Angkor Wat: Playing Indiana Jones

A Sunrise In Angkor Wat: Playing Indiana Jones

by Calvin Sun | Jun 19, 2010 | Cambodia, How's the weather?, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, What Dreams May Come

  Now playing: John Williams – Indiana Jones Main Theme. Angkor Wat and its surrounding temples may be all tourist attractions, but they’re a few levels higher than your average Disney World fare. But nothing beats a 1 and a half hour tuk-tuk drive up...

Videos From Angkor Wat

by Annah Kim | Jun 19, 2010 | Cambodia, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India

Videos are finally here! These are the overdue videos from yesterday. We’re covering every single Wat and Temple and Ruin over the course of three days by Tuk-Tuk. You saw my earlier videos of my experience at Angkor Wat, and here are the rest of them. I...
A Sunset In Angkor Wat

A Sunset In Angkor Wat

by Calvin Sun | Jun 18, 2010 | Cambodia, How's the weather?, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India

  Day 1 at Angkor Wat:     We continue our journey from Angkor Wat to Angkor Thom, where again I couldn’t help recall references to Myst:   A path in Angkor Wat (real life)   I just had to get that out. Lonely Planet says that Bayon in Angkor Thom is one of the...

Blogging And Fishing In Siem Reap

by Annah Kim | Jun 17, 2010 | Cambodia, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India

So no, I did not post anything last night on our adventures in Siem Reap…. The internet is fatally slow and any video I try and upload fails. I am currently sitting at a computer before we leave for Day 2 in hopes that I can maybe manage one video. On the...
From Phnom Penh To Angkor Wat

From Phnom Penh To Angkor Wat

by Calvin Sun | Jun 17, 2010 | Cambodia, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India

Last moments in Phnom Penh:   We got up at 5 am and booked a cab to the Phnom Penh airport. There, a solitary Cambodian Air propeller-plane was waiting for us and maybe 10 other passengers:   Flew over a pretty giant lake, so big I had to look it up on a map: the...
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