Probably the most famous place in Cambodia to travel to is the city of Siem Reap (very westernized, much more expensive than Phnom Penh, with the famous Old Bridge, Art and Night market and touristy Pubs Street where you find European restaurants, massage studios and hotels as well as backpackers hostels), which is the starting point for a one-day or a three-day visit to the Angkor Wat temple complex, originally a medieval town built in the 9^th to 13^th century by the rulers of the Khmer Empire. Siem Reap literally means “the Defeat of Thailand“. The city was named as a commemoration of the victorious Khmer battle with the Thai army. From Phnom Penh, you can take a tourist bus (6 hours on the way for 16 USD return), a boat (8 hours and over 110 USD) or a plane (30 mins for 70 USD return) to reach Siem Reap.

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As the night progressed into day, the first of the fresh new year, I said my goodbye to 2018 and Australia, and a hello to 2019 and a move on… to Cambodia. I never expected myself to travel to this country, never felt any need or calling. Until recently. So, it just happened so. Even though people around warned me of the poverty, criminality, dirtiness and the heavy energy caused by the recent genocide carried out by the Khmer Rouge regime (inflicting a population loss of around 1.800 million people, i.e. around a quarter of Cambodia’s 1975 population, in between 1975 to 1979), I decided to set off for this new journey, becoming a yoga teacher in a yoga resort (called Bohemiaz) in Phnom Penh.

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