by Guest | Jul 20, 2017 | Asia, Asia, Cambodia, Lifestyle, Travel, What Does it Cost
Phnom Penh is quickly becoming an international neighborhood for expats and travelers, as it is known to be one of the cheaper countries to live in Indochina. The Kingdom of Wonder is filled with Khmer culture, delicious food, and warm smiles; despite its hard past....
by Jonathan Look | Jul 29, 2014 | Cambodia, Travel
Clothes of the Victims of The Killing Fields Are Still on the Ground It took me over a year to get around to writing this. Even now it creates a lump in my throat and makes me feel physically sickened. I am writing about a place, about 10 miles outside of Phnom Penh...
by Jonathan Look | Jul 21, 2014 | Adventure, Cambodia, Food, Street Food, Travel
When it comes to street food sometimes things are not what they appear to be. At other times things taste far better than they sound; for instance, blood tofu. Last summer I went on a tour and street food adventure in Cambodia with my friend Pin Vannak. I knew I was...
by Jonathan Look | Jul 19, 2014 | Adventure, Buddhism, Cambodia, Nature, People, Photography, Travel
The Cambodia flower, the lotus flower is one of the most plentiful flowers in Cambodia. Everywhere you travel in SE Asia you will find them in lakes, ponds, canals and even in roadside ditches. The flower is not only beautiful, the lotus flower has symbolic meaning in...
by Jonathan Look | Jun 17, 2014 | Buddhism, Cambodia, People, Photography, Travel
Wat Bo in Siem Reap, Cambodia is one of my favorite places to photograph. Upon entering the grounds there is just a sense of decompression and peace. The main temple is usually locked but the guy sitting here, the pagoda elder, has always been happy to unlock it and...
by Jonathan Look | Jun 6, 2014 | Art, Cambodia, Photography, Travel
See also: Fish Pedicure in Siem Reap Photo: Lotus Flower Harvest in Cambodia Siem Reap Giant Puppet Project One day before I left Cambodia, my friend, Vannak wanted to take me to where he grew up and show me some places tourist don’t get to see. This woman from a...
by Jonathan Look | Jun 5, 2014 | Cambodia, Photography, Travel
To me, it seemed strange to find the Hindu god Vishnu inside the Buddhist temple of Angkor Wat. When construction of Angkor Wat was begun in the 12th Century it was designed to be the state temple of the Khmer kingdom whose citizens at the time were Hindu. When the...
by Jonathan Look | Jun 4, 2014 | Cambodia, Photography, Travel
It seems that social media has taken over the world. Everywhere I go in all hemispheres, from mountaintops to seasides, people (including me) are using their smartphones and tablets to stay connected to their friends and the world. I am not really sure if we have...