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Skipping Scams at the Thai-Cambodia Border Crossing

June 26, 2013Filed in: Destinations by Tara Shubbuck

Visa Agency Scam

I was anxious about crossing into Cambodia. Mike and I read up on a couple border scams and we were prepared to be misled and lied to, but I didn’t know how our pushback would be received. One thing was certain: We were determined to exit Thailand and enter Cambodia without paying a cent more Read Post

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Tagged With: adventure, advice, Asia, backpacking, Bangkok, border crossing, border scam, Cambodia, challenge, narratives, Poipet, Siem Reap, Southeast Asia, Thailand, tips, transportation, travel, visa, visa scam

Video: Time Lapse of Temples Near Siem Reap, Cambodia

May 22, 2013Filed in: Photos & Video by Mike Shubbuck

Video: Time Lapse of Temples Near Siem Reap, Cambodia

We took a bunch of time lapse video of the temples around Siem Reap, Cambodia, then sped up the results and cut it to some relaxing music. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chmAeF-B8i8?t=10s]

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Tagged With: adventure, Angkor Wat, backpacking, Buddhism, Cambodia, Hinduism, Khmer Empire, Khmer People, Koyaanisqatsi, Prasat Angkor Wat, rtw, rtwnow, Siem Reap, temple, time lapse, timelapse, tourism, travel, vacation, Vishnu, អង្គរវត្ត

Video: Driving Cambodian-style

May 22, 2013Filed in: Photos & Video by Mike Shubbuck

Video: Driving Cambodian-style

We have seen some crazy driving in our time, but Cambodians have a style of driving that is a class of its own. This includes driving on the wrong side of the street when they want to. Knock on wood but we have not been in any accidents! [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIbh9eKMwnE?t=10s]

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Video: Atrocities Of The Khmer Rouge

May 21, 2013Filed in: Uncategorized by Mike Shubbuck

Video: Atrocities Of The Khmer Rouge

Before visiting Cambodia, we had heard of the horrors of the Khmer Rouge. The difference between reading about a genocide and seeing the evidence firsthand is tremendous. While this video is nothing more than a couple images and video with some facts and figures cut into it, the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge were very Read Post

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Tagged With: backpacking, Cambodia, Chankiri tree, Choeung Ek, Crimes Against Humanity, culture, Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, genocide, History, Khmer Rouge, Killing Fields, Killing Fields Full, Pol Pot, rtw, rtwnow, S-21, travel, Tuol Sleng, Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, vacation

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