blogs about sihanoukville

Sihanoukville: The Rebirth of a Dream

jani — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 22:08:20 -0800

In a land with thousands of years of history, Sihanoukville is a colorful but tragic upstart. A mere fifty years ago, a French-Cambodian construction carved a camp out of the jungle and started building the first deep-sea port of a newly independent Cambodia. Named Sihanoukville in 1964 after the ruling prince of the kingdom, the booming port and its golden beaches soon drew Cambo

Cambodia Chronicles: Index and Lament

jani — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 21:59:20 -0800

Due to a series of events rather too complex and delicate to explain here, some of my contributions to Wikitravel led to Jetstar Asia, my new favorite Singaporean low-cost carrier, offering me a sweet freelancer gig to traipse around Cambodia for a week, flights and hotels paid, then scribble some articles about it and get paid for that too -- if deemed good enough to publish in