Cuisines of Southeast Asia Food in Southeast Asia is more than just eating a meal. Food is a way of life.The cuisines of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam are all unique in its own way. From the spicy Tom Yam soups of Thailand, to the heavily Indian influenced lamb curries and chapatti’s of Myanmar […]
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Sihanoukville’s beaches Sihanoukville is known to be Cambodia’s prime beach destination. During the weekends and public holidays many local people drive to the beach from Phnom Penh. They take on the four hours drive and nestle themselves on the beach chairs. Eating and drinking seems to be the most favorite activity. Most Cambodian people still
Angkor as it was meant to be Living next to one of the World’s most famous archaeological sites has its perks. One of them is that every once in a while we get to go out and admire the magnificent temples of Angkor. When we first visited the temples years ago it was all different.
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Spiritual Adventures in Southeast Asia Lolei Travel had the pleasure and honor to welcome Jonette Crowley, a well known spiritual teacher and author from the United States to Vietnam and Cambodia with a group of 35 of her closest followers. The reason of traveling to Vietnam and Cambodia was to engage in spiritual adventures. Together
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It is no secret that people who are addicted to buying things better stay away from Southeast Asia. Not only are the products you can find on any street corner in Asia cheap, there are also so many different kinds of products on sale that you need an entire day to make up your mind what
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Recent research of the Telegraph in the UK revealed that Cambodia and Vietnam belong to the safest beach holiday destinations in the world. We all know about the stretches of white sand beach in Vietnam, but little is known about Cambodia’s beaches. Sihanoukville is Cambodia’s prime beach resort but lacks a few essentials that Kep does
Wherever you go in Asia, parks always seem to attract people of all walks of life, doing all kinds of activities and socialize with others. In Vietnam people love to do Tai Chi, Ballroom dancing and chit chatting. China has remarkable parks where people, especially the elderly, daily work on a long and healthy life
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Mr. Sophean of the BFOK school in Kok Dong community remains a busy person. As he continues to expand his English community programs for the poorest among us, he also has set up a community tour for families. Last week was the first time we joined him in his new venture to support the community and
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Or at least, it is not always a picnic… But this was a picnic and a remarkable one. After we visited the Great Lake nearby the town of Siem Reap in Cambodia. Our guide took us up to Beng Mealea. It was about 1PM so we were getting hungry. Before we decided to book this tour,
Being a foreigner and living is an Asian country has its challenges. Think of language, local cultural gestures, patience, and many other things that one may not encounter when on holiday. There are of course great positives to living in Asia as we compare weather, people’s friendliness, amazing scenery and often prices. One that you
