The land of the rising sun has provided us with many things over the last two days. Delicious sushi and beer, orderly street crossings and clean air to name just a few. But one of the most exciting things for flashpackers like us has to be the uncensored and incredibly high-speed internet we have at our hostel. We have had our Mainland Southeast Asia highlight video finished for weeks but despite having a VPN we were unable to get it past the Chinese censors and uploaded to Vimeo. Check it out below, and if you have not yet seen the first two episodes you can check them out here.
Also be sure to to check out our guest post on the Art of Backpacking here. The post details our experiences and features some of our best pictures from Expo 2010 in Shanghai. We will soon have a post here highlighting the different sustainability efforts we saw at the Expo, but this post gives our overview and recommendations if you are planning a visit to Shanghai and the Expo. Be sure to leave a comment on Art of Backpacking with your thoughts.
We are pleased to present our 4th Sustainability Case Study today. It is a more detailed account of the three organizations (Bloom, SME-RE and RE-I) we thanked for their time here. We are also happy to showcase the Google PDF viewer we have rolled out on the site so that our readers can view Case Studies without having to download a PDF (although the resolution is better when you download).
We welcome your thoughts, opinions or additional questions about our experiences in Cambodia. Also if you know of a higher resolution PDF viewer option for WordPress please it in the comments below.
Just as we were leaving the States last October, Season 15 of the Amazing Race was starting. After watching an episode in the States and getting hooked we subscribed to the season pass on iTunes. In episode 4 our favorite characters Zev and Justin (who pronounced Phnom Penh as Sean Penn) were eliminated after coming in first because they lost their passports during the race around the city. The surprising fact it that 100 meters from Wat Phnom – the final Pit Stop – is the U.S. Embassy. I guess getting a replacement passport was not within the Amazing Race rules.
In an effort to have our own Amazing Race-like experience as we toured Phnom Penh we got pictures at 4 of the 5 locations in the episode. It made for a great way to see the city. And sneaking into the Raffles Royal Hotel with rooms going for well over $500 was interesting as we had been out in the 100 degree heat all day and were quite the sweaty looking backpackers. Check out the pictures below.
Keith at the Foreign Correspondents Club
The Le Royal Raffles Hotel
Russian Market - location of the "Wrap" Detour, no Globetrotters when we were there
Wat Phnom - The episode's Pit Stop only 100 meters from the U.S. Embassy
To see the rest of our pictures from Cambodia click here.
