Tonlé Sap
[RANT] TIP: If you only ever listen to this one piece of advice on my blog and never listen to anything else again make sure you never go on a tour of the floating villages at Tonlé Sap, Siem Reap. The ‘floating village’ is the biggest tourist scam I have encountered in my 3 months in Asia [...]
3 Monks at Sunset, Angkor Wat
Taken looking the opposite way to my post from earlier. I was a little gutted as I shot this and it was underexposed and then the battery died in my camera. First time in 3 months I have not had a spare one charged. Anyway I have managed to edit this and I really like it [...]
Angkor Wat Sunset
Here is my shot from last night at Angkor Wat. If you have been to Angkor Wat you will know that this view is actually in an easterly direction so is more suited to sunrises rather than sunsets. However the sheer intensity of last night’s sunset meant that the beautiful light was visible in every [...]
Tomb Raider, Ta Prohm
After a 4am start for sunrise at Angkor Wat (pics to follow) I jumped on a tuk-tuk and took a tour of the Grand circuit of temples around Angkor. This takes in all of the big names and a few of the smaller ones too. The one temple that impressed me above all others was [...]
Cambodia Itinerary: The Backpacking Photographer Series
So it’s that time again, a new country and lots of new places to see. Fortunately Cambodia appears to be quite a ‘compact’ country by South East Asian standards with most journeys being a reasonable length and the majority of the main ‘sites’ based around a 2-3 cities. The itinerary below is designed for entry [...]