While not top of many Cambodian visitors list, Battambang has an awful lot to offer travelers, from its ace food to its Khmer Rouge and colonial history and indeed the great food. For me though the top reason to come here is the Bamboo Train in Battambang! Going full train geek in Battambang I like…
How do you take the train from Phnom Penh to Battambang (and back), well with the wonders of modern technology, pretty easily, with you merely needing to buy a ticket and rock up at the station. Is it though worth the effort and how does it compare with the bus? Once again the Street Food…
Surviving a brutal civil war that had ISIS close enough to be bombing, it is fair to say Damascus has been through the wars. Yet despite this the resurgence of the city has followed that of the country itself, with it again staking its claim as the cultural hub of the country. This is the…
Kinabuchs Bar and Grill, or simply Kinabuchs might not be the best restaurant in Puerto Princesa, but it comes a pretty close damned second and that is A ok in my book. In case the name seems familiar that is because it is here that we partook in the Tamilok challenge, from our base at…
If you watch football in Cambodia then you should watch the national team at some point. How easy is it though, where is it and what is it like to watch the Cambodian national team. Here’s The Street Food Guy’s guide Watching football in Cambodia I am a strong proponent of watching the beautiful game…
Jayapura is the capital city of West Papua, one of the most controversial regions of Indonesia. Essentially illegally annexed by the later in the late 60’s they’ve since been fighting for independence. What though is the capital like, what can you do here and what is the street food Jayapura scene like? Why visit Jayapura?…
