According to Travel.State.Gov:  "You will need a valid passport and a Cambodian visa to enter Cambodia. Tourist and business visas are valid for one month from the date of entry into Cambodia.  Cambodia offers on-line visa processing. " "Tourists and business travelers may also obtain a Cambodian visa at the airports in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, and at all major border crossings."  For more information, check out their web site here. http://www.tourismcambodia.com/tripplanner/essential-information/visa-passport.htm   We arrived in the Siem Reap airport and breezed through immigrations.  The cost was $30 and we needed 2 passport sized photos.  You will get a visa in your passport but you need to hold on to your entry/exit ticket, like most of our stops in SE Asia.  It's best to just keep it in your passport.  They only take USD, so be sure to get some in advance.        We immediately noticed a differen...

I met my American friend Caron in Rome. She's my age and loves to travel so much she started her own travel business. https://caronguillotravel.com   Basically she designs custom trips and tours for small groups, which means she can work from anywhere.  When she invited me to join her on a 3 month trip around SE Asia, I didn't hesitate. Our stops include Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Borneo. It's the trip of a lifetime.  After a long 10 hour flight, we arrived in Bangkok.   Right outside our hotel was a huge street market.  I though how lucky are we, till I realized they were everywhere.  Our first night we did The Bangkok Food Tours, https://www.bangkokfoodtours.com .   Turns out it was a very smart idea, because we were able to identify what we were eating from then on out.  It was a really fun group and the tour was excellent. None of us could understand our Thai guide, but we got the gist of what he...

My friend Caron came to Malta for Thanksgiving. It was another fun holiday, spent with 30+ friends from all over the world. As I did the 2 previous years, I cooked all the American food and everyone brought a dish from their home country. Caron is in the travel industry; she designs tours for small groups. Her friend Peter, a tour operator, invited us to join his tour of Israel. At half the normal price for a group tour, we said yes! So the day after Thanksgiving, we were on a flight.      Let me just say, Israelis are not messing around where security is concerned. Our gate was at the very end of the big airport in Rome. Before the check in counter, you have to pass the scrutiny of a guard. You then enter a secure area where you are immediately pulled aside by a serious looking security person. I got grilled for 20 min by 2 different people: where are you from, what was your job, how did you meet your travel companion, how long have you known her, what do...