Unwrapped travel

We’ve just polished off a comprehensive update of our Kep, Cambodia coverage. It includes, new places to stay, restaurant and sights information and of course, the skinny on how to get there. You can read our full Kep coverage here.

One of the most commonly asked questions by first-time travellers to Southeast Asia is “Should I take malarials?“. It’s a simple question, with a complicated answer, best summed up as “it depends”. We’ve just added a new story outlining ten points that we hope will help you make a more informed decision regarding malarials and travel to Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. You can read the full story here: Should I take malarials during my holiday to Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam?

For immediate release

Jakarta July 1, 2007:

Travelfish, the leading traveller’s information portal for Thailand and Indochina, joins hands with the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to announce a partnership to further promote independent travel to Cambodia.

Their agreement allows all applicants for Cambodian eVisas to download a complimentary Travelfish travelguide to either Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh or the historic ruins of Angkor Wat.

In the last year more than 20,000 visitors to Cambodia have used the innovative eVisa service to apply for and have issued their visa to Cambodia. Now these visitors will also be able to download a complimentary guide to either Phnom Penh or Siem Reap. These guides, delivered in PDF format, are packed with travel intelligence and are an ideal addition to anyone’s travel planning portfolio. Researched by independent travel experts, these guides are far more up-to-date than traditional guidebooks and pull no punches in delivering concise travel intelligence.

The promotion, running until July 31, 2007, allows all applicants to download a Travelfish Guide free of charge. The Phnom Penh and Siem Reap travel guides normally retail through the Travelfish site for US$3.95 amd $2.95 respectively.

For more information:
Travelfish: http://www.travelfish.org
Cambodia eVisa: http://evisa.mfaic.gov.kh/

We’re just added out latest effort to our collection of travel ebooks — an 18 page travelguide to Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh. Weighing at over 27,000 words with over 100 detailed listings, it’s going for a bargain price of just US$3.95 — less than the cost of a cab from the airport! Read more about the Phnom Penh Travelfish Guide.

We’ve just finished updating our Phnom Penh coverage — more restaurants, more places to stay and yes, finally a bus timetable! The map is on the way, just need another day or two to decipher the notes from our man in Phnom Penh. You can read all about Phnom Penh here.

This excellent entry follows the author’s trip in 1974 hitching in Cambodia on military and civilian aircrafts. Great pics too. The last couple of pars should clarify why it’s filed under “All the dumb things”

Found via Friskodude

Just because it’s really difficult to say doesn’t mean Kompong Chhnang isn’t worth visiting. Set on the bank of the Ton Le Sap, for most, Kompong Chhnang is nothing more than a bit of passing scenery from the Phnom Penh to Siem Reap boat, but as our man on the ground found out — there’s a lot more to Kompong Chhnang than earthernware pots.

You can read our full Kompong Chhnang coverage here.

We’ve just added another feature into our How Do I? series. Of all the border crossings in the region, the overland crossing between Cambodia and Laos has been one of the most changeable. In some ways, the Veun Kham / Dom Kralor has all the ingredients of a pain in the posterior crossing — corrupt border officials, unscrupulous boat men, inconsistent travel advice and of course wildly varying traveller tales. Read on to find out the best way to cross this ever-changing border. You can read the full story here.

The smart cookies over at Brave New Traveller have put together a good little video about both Choeung Ek and S21 that capture the two sites very nicely — well worth a look.

The smart cookies over at Khmer 440 have an interesting story on a Khmer Rouge tunnel prison outside Kompong Chhnang — something we’d never heard of. So, if you find yourself in Kompong Chhnang with nothing to do, please check it out and let us know all about it!