Leaving the Bayon and Approaching Baphuon During our time in Cambodia, my girlfriend and I took a holiday to the amazing Siem Reap, to explore the magical temples around Angkor Wat. The temples around Angkor Wat and the history of the Khmer empire was for me part of the draw of coming to Cambodia, after…
Month: February 2018
My Holiday in The Gambia in 2017
Late in 2016 my girlfriend and I decided to take a holiday in the new year. Up until then, it had been a hectic up and down year with several job changes for each of us and we both decided that we needed something to look forward to in the new year. The budget I…
My Time in Cambodia, Koh Rong & Palm Beach Resort
Getting to Cambodia We came to Cambodia looking for a land of wonder and adventure and found an excellent opportunity volunteering at a resort on Koh Rong. Koh Rong is an island about 20km off the coast from Sihanoukville in the Gulf of Thailand. The way that we found the volunteering job didn’t give us…
The Pinnacles, or Bec De Roces
My First Mountain Hike Before we began work properly in the Italian Dolomites we underwent a training and orientation fortnight, based at Haus Valentin one of the chalets the company we worked for was renting for the summer season. Haus Valentin is located in Badia about 14 km from Corvara and the chalet we would…