Foot and Fire

Welcome to Cambodia's Royal Palace From Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, we took a 6-hour bus trip heading to Pnomh Penh, Cambodia. While it is not a clean city, we had a great time shopping in the Russian, Old Market and Night Market in this capital city of Cambodia. We visited the Royal Palace and we loved the structures found therein and the small museums housing different pieces. While it is not as grand and as vast as Thailand's, it is still a recommended place to visit. Monks and tourists abound in this place. It is also a place to rest for a while. Smiling behind a pretty gate. Having photo shoot all around...  Indigenous instruments played by Cambodian Youth... Some sculpted images and jars with mural at the back Trimmed shrubs and roaming monks... Taken inside one of the museums... This is a Royal Seat... behind is a mural. Life-size elephant image Like our indigenous weaving machine. Wall images.. We stayed here in KI...

Cambodia, while welcoming of tourists, still has land mines in some areas and there are foundations even that commit itself to safely remove the same which is considered as remnants of a painful past. However, the areas are all identified areas so there is nothing to worry about except to thank the Cambodian government for the opportunity to visit their culturally rich place. But this does not mean that as tourists, we are just chose or prepared or came to see the happy side. Hence, while it is not a happy place to visit, we started our day trip in Pnomh Penh, capital of Cambodia, with a visit to the Choeung Ek Genocidal Center. For 3$, the ticket says that the proceed goes to the preservation of the center and scholarship of poor students. They erected a glass obelisk (or it is aptly a tower) on the site and the glass encases layers of skulls of those who died in the so-called killing fields. From there, various signboards telling about the place where the Cambodians were unlo...

When we went to Cambodia (Siem Reap) in November 2010, all that was in my mind was Angkor Wat and all I can blurt was Angkor Wat as I retained such in my Social Studies way back in high school. No wonder, the Cambodians we talked to in the market insisted that in the Angkor City we cannot only see the Angkor Wat. Wat means temple, and the Angkor Wat is the most popular of all temples in the city. We took advantage of the sunrise in Angkor Wat and since I just bought my camera, I have a few pretty good shots given the ephemeral color the sun gave us. There are a lot of tourists taking this sunrise and I must agree that it was a must as watching the sun slowly waking up behind the temple is a breathtaking experience. Here are my photos of the sunrise. It was a great luck when my friend sat beside an English-speaking Cambodian in the bus. He suggested that after the sunrise in the Angkor Wat, we take the farthest temple called Ban Tey Srei as it is about 20km accord...

  Pho (Noodle Soup) from Pho 2000 locate at the famous noodle house where US Pre. Bill Clinton ate when he first visited Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon,) Vietnam  The first Pho we had at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam costs 20,000 Dong or US$1. Served with greeneries below.... My first bowl of Pho 2000 Noodles is Large... wow Fried Spring roll wrapped in rice paper consisting of shrimp and some bean sprout inside... Loved the vegetable pickle on the side... The "very hot" chili on the side is not my thing...     Fried noodles with seafoods  Almost always there on the side, mustards, lettuce, mint and other herbs. An omellete or a pancake with pork and shrimps inside.... Chicken and fresh celery inside of this fresh spring rolls....with very tasty sauce.   Broiled Chicken with fresh tomatoes and cucumbers, wow!!!  Fried shrimp spring rolls Coffee, how they make it.  Stir-fried noodle and bean sprout with egg on top.  Fried bird, tempura young c...