Travel magazine
Six running series and hundreds of articles, written by the people who plan the trips.
When to go
Seasons, month by month, region by region
What it costs
Real budgets in dollars, with tables
Routes that work
Tested itineraries and combinations
Eating across Asia
What to order and where
On foot
Treks and long walks, described honestly
Before you book
Visas, permits, timing, practicalities
What we would skip in Cambodia, and what we book instead
This article costs us bookings and we publish it anyway, because the alternative is selling you a day you will resent.
Khmer food: what to order, and where
Khmer food is the least known of the four great mainland Southeast Asian cuisines and the one visitors are most likely to…
What does a trip to Cambodia cost?
The honest summary of the Cambodia trip cost question is that the country is inexpensive to move around and to eat in,…
Cambodia for the first time: what actually surprises people
Most people arrive in Cambodia for the first time with one image in their head, a temple at dawn, and very little…
Phnom Penh, and how we place Tuol Sleng and Choeung Ek
Two of the most important places in Cambodia are a former school and a former orchard on the edge of Phnom Penh.…
Cambodia month by month
The best time to visit Cambodia is a narrower question than it looks, because the country has two seasons rather than four…
Cambodia with children: what works, what does not, and what we change
Cambodia with children works, and it works better than most people expect, for a reason that has nothing to do with the…
Cambodia on foot: the Cardamoms and Mondulkiri
Trekking in Cambodia is not trekking in Nepal and it is not trekking in northern Vietnam. There are no passes, no altitude…
Cambodia beyond Angkor: Battambang, Kampot and the coast
Almost every Cambodia enquiry we receive starts at Angkor and runs out of ideas by day four. That is understandable, because the…
Angkor in two days, three days, or five
The question of how many days at Angkor is almost always answered by the ticket office rather than by the traveller. A…
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