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Month: February 2012

Attending Thaipusam in Batu Caves

Attending Thaipusam in Batu Caves

So, I attended Thaipusam at Batu Caves for the second time in a row after daring the crowd for the first time last year. As usual, the challenges began at the train station when I had to push my way in with all my might and let myself be sandwiched in the super-crowded train at least until it reached the intended destination – the world renown Batu Caves on the outskirt of Kuala Lumpur.I wouldn’t have wanted to go through…

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Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum: The World According to Pol Pot

Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum: The World According to Pol Pot

It would be our first day in Phnom Penh so the excitement was sky-rocketing. We had arranged with the hostel to arrange a Tuk Tuk for a one day tour to the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and Choeung Ek (The Killing Field) for which we’d pay USD15. Our Tuk Tuk driver was a stocky man probably in his late 30’s and although he didn’t speak much English, he seemed to understand every word that we said. The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum…

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Hello PHNOM PENH!

Hello PHNOM PENH!

Ian Wright wrote in the Globe Trekker’s website that of all the places that he had been to as a host for the  popular travel TV series, his favorite place is Phnom Penh the capital city of Cambodia. Samantha Brown, the host of Passport to Europe and later Samantha Brown’s Asia had openly declared in her blog that Cambodia  is her favorite country in Asia as well. So, coming from two people who have probably scaled every nook and corner…

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