Phnom Penh, the main and the largest city of Cambodia, home to almost one million inhabitants, is an attractive tourist destination thanks to the infusion of traditional Khmer and French architecture, the Royal Palace, the Riverside nightlife and the beautiful countryside around, including the centrally located Silk Island, which is like a rural oasis of tranquillity the jungle of the big city.
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Probably the most famous place in Cambodia to travel to is the city of Siem Reap (very westernized, much more expensive than Phnom Penh, with the famous Old Bridge, Art and Night market and touristy Pubs Street where you find European restaurants, massage studios and hotels as well as backpackers hostels), which is the starting point for a one-day or a three-day visit to the Angkor Wat temple complex, originally a medieval town built in the 9th to 13th century by the rulers of the Khmer Empire.
You never know how much time you have with someone… that is what my travels are also teaching me… Best to make the most of the present moment…
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As the night progressed into day, the first of the fresh new year, I said my goodbye to 2018 and Australia, and a hello to 2019 and a move on… to Cambodia. I never expected myself to travel to this country, never felt any need or calling. Until recently. So, it just happened so. Even though some warned me of the poverty, criminality, dirtiness and the heavy energy caused by the recent genocide carried out by the Khmer Rouge regime (inflicting a population loss of around 1.800 million people, i.e. around a quarter of Cambodia’s 1975 population, in between 1975 to 1979), I decided to set off for this new journey, becoming a yoga teacher in a yoga resort in Phnom Penh.
