One of my picture sorting tasks consists in assembling – using software – various “special scenes”, which I’ve been shooting during my round-the-world trip. Fiddling with “High Definition Range” (HDR) photographs and panorama shots is a good past time...

Wow, Siem Reap – the tourist city that serves as hub to the nearby area of Angkor -really rocks. In the very sense of the term. If you like ancient sites and ruins (like me) then this place is ten times bigger and better than Disneyland can be for a ten year old kid. Many travelers have...

The Cambodian northwestern town of Battambang is connected by road and railway to the capitol Phnom Penh, which lies about 200km southeast. Taking the train would be a no brainer for a railway buff like me. However, all the locals will advise you to take the bus instead. Trains on this line...

Heading to Phnom Penh, I was quite excited since I would meet again Jo and Jon – both with whom I’ve spent three months ago more than a week in the Mongolian desert. We went out one night in Phnom Penh for dinner to celebrate Jon’s birthday. Unfortunately, Jo showed signs of...

Kampot is a beautiful and elegant colonial city, its fall from grace as a port nearly fifty years ago has left it in a time warp. There is a raw beauty in the streets and some of the buildings reminded me somehow of Cuba. Although small and not a tourist hotspot, this town has a lot of...

Let me confess: I wanted to go to Sihanoukville. Yes, I voluntarily wanted to see the place. It has a nice name and many people rave about the place. Although I knew that I was going to a beach town, I realized on the bus that choosing this destination might have been a mistake. It was full of...