This Can’t Be Happening: Buses in Cambodia

This Can’t Be Happening: Buses in Cambodia

  The following post was written by a former contributor to Chasing the Unknown. The views expressed are not those of the site’s owner. Before arriving in Cambodia, like any savvy traveler, I did my research and tried to learn about all of the possible scams we could potentially face as well as what it would be like to travel within the country. I read horror story after horror story

Not for the Fainthearted: A Visit to the Killing Fields and S-21 Prison

Not for the Fainthearted: A Visit to the Killing Fields and S-21 Prison

Jostling in the back of a tuk-tuk, dirt flying in our faces from the bumpy road, the pungent odor of decomposing rubbish permeates the air: the surrounds of Phnom Penh unfold as we bump along. A young boy in shorts spots us from his open-air home, “Hello!” he calls out with a heartwarming smile stretching from ear to ear, cheerfully waving as we go by. Such joy amid such squalor,