Around the Tonle Sap lake
During the last days of my trip I’ve been around the Tonle Sap lake visiting several floating villages living there. I visited a school and I played with childrens who was waiting for us to come. The happiness in their…
The most beautiful things of Cambodia pt2
The Angkor region is so wide that it’s impossible to visit every temple, but I couldn’t miss Angkor Wat, the world’s largest religious building. The entire temple is a symbol of the cosmo according to the Hindu cosmology: the central…
The most beautiful things of Cambodia pt1
The most beautiful things of Cambodia are kids and temples. The horrible civil war and the Khmer Rouge regime clouded the true beauty of Khmer past history. The great and enigmatic temples that today we can admire, now almost completely restored, have been rediscovered…
On the road to Siem Reap
Scenes of daily life in Cambodia I saw on my way to Siem Reap. Really funny how kids play with snakes, catch spiders and then fry them.
Phnom Penh
The Royal Palace My trip through Indochina continued in Cambodia. I visited the capital Phnom Penh in a gloomy day and I suddenly understood it was completely different from Vietnam. While I was strolling around the streets, I saw the…
The Old Saigon
“How gentle is the incense’s essence, coming from the Temple hall! How sweet is the color of Rice floating in the fields…” Nguyen Dinh Chieu My trip throught Vietnam ended up in Ho Chi Minh City, the old Saigon. I…