Cambodia is my families mother country. A majority of my family now resides in Australia and I was born in Australia. I went for 1 month when I was 12 years old and it was the best holiday. A very eye opening experience that taught me to be grateful for the littlest things. I am so glad to hear you enjoyed your little holiday there.
@hun16427 жыл бұрын
My dad survived the khmer rogue. He was captured and actually made a run for it. He has told me many of his stories and I'm just amazing at this happened less than 40 years ago!
@evelynsophanny4 жыл бұрын
Hun so has my grandma !
@kckgirl1829 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this! I recently returned form teaching in Cambodia for 2 years with the Peace Corps. I was a volunteer in the public high schools and was placed 14km away from Siem Reap. Loved it. Now I'm looking into teaching in Korea! Would love to hear more about your experience.
@Reddragondiaries9 жыл бұрын
That's very cool. I also talk a lot about teaching and my own experiences on my site if you prefer reading. Some job stuff posted there too.
@vikingforu37865 жыл бұрын
Beautifully done and very informative!
@bath52214 жыл бұрын
Thank u for posting vdo from our country Cambodia❤️
@joshuabray379 жыл бұрын
Great video! Since you visited the killing fields, I recommend the autobiography of Haing Ngor. He was the star of the movie, "The Killing Fields." His story is actually just as compelling and tragic as the character he played. Cambodia is a really amazing place, with a very kind people. It's pretty challenging, but well worth a visit.
@Reddragondiaries9 жыл бұрын
I'll have to check that out. The whole story behind the killing fields really became intriguing for me. Such an unbelievable time in history.
@bomchelle2159 жыл бұрын
i thought i was watching a documentary film, good job!
@Reddragondiaries9 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@BillVoelker9 жыл бұрын
I've seen some of your earlier webcam videos, then saw this. Wow, what a difference! I see that you turned into some sort of filmmaker. Great job.
@Reddragondiaries9 жыл бұрын
Bill Voelker lol things have changed
@grrrltraveler9 жыл бұрын
Great video, Tom! Yup- agreed with all the sites, except I never did the bike ride! Tuol Sleng hit me the hardest. Never knew Khmer history until I got there and that was an awakening.
@Reddragondiaries9 жыл бұрын
Thank you. The 4 wheeler tour was really awesome. I'm so glad I did it. I really enjoyed Cambodia. So glad I went.
@grrrltraveler9 жыл бұрын
No tarantulas?
@Reddragondiaries9 жыл бұрын
GRRRL TRAVELER | Christine Kaaloa I only saw them once and they just weren't cool. I took a picture though. Doesn't that count?
@grrrltraveler9 жыл бұрын
How about a bug then?
@Reddragondiaries9 жыл бұрын
You should've seen the size of these locusts they had. The size of a cell phone - no joke.
@tangiers3659 жыл бұрын
Interesting video bro. I'm going there on a school pilgrimage at the end of the year. It was very helpful.
@Reddragondiaries9 жыл бұрын
You'll enjoy it I'm sure.
@twinturbo52126 жыл бұрын
This is a great guide, very well made with a professional narrative. Thanks
@fazbell9 жыл бұрын
Great series of videos. Quality information and production. Good show!!!
@Reddragondiaries9 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@utchantarapeach66799 жыл бұрын
I am a Cambodian and you know what I was born on 2001 when Cambodia have already become independent but when my mom grandaunt teacher tell me about their life during pol pot region I always cried it is really awful😭😭
@utchantarapeach66799 жыл бұрын
Sorry wrong vocab pol pot regime not region
@Reddragondiaries9 жыл бұрын
+Chan Tarapich I can't even imagine what their experiences could've been like. I'm glad to hear you at least appreciate the pain and struggle.
@utchantarapeach66799 жыл бұрын
+Red Dragon Diaries why would I not when they kill my grandparents my aunt uncle and a lot of members of my family
@Reddragondiaries9 жыл бұрын
Chan Tarapich sometimes newer generations can forget about their past
@sreymeankouch91838 жыл бұрын
+Chan Tarapich same things here though it was my parent who told me about their lives during that time oh and i was born in 1996.
@garyroberts38594 жыл бұрын
Most of this is pretty accurate apart from the end with Ta Phrom, you said it had the least restoration actually in the last 18 years I’ve been coming it’s had the most restoration, first a long corridor was put back up , then the front had a really big restoration and now the back is having another very big restoration with only part of it open to walk through.
@mer22185 жыл бұрын
you video are awesome, i enjoy very much, thank you for sharing your video,
@rvboondocker25595 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video Tom! Heading there in April and super excited!
@Waker-tr9zg5 жыл бұрын
I am visiting cambodia for 3 weeks,I am seeing my uncle getting married.This will give my family some ideas :D
@Quizziblabla8 жыл бұрын
Cambodian People is so lovely and the Angkor Wat is really amazing for me ... I will be in Siemreap for 2 more days. Good to see you video. I tried to take photos but it's not look good at all lol #Escapehuntangkor
@somatoil4u9 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video I'm off to Siem Reap in 2 weeks..
@Reddragondiaries8 жыл бұрын
+somatoil4u have a great time
@jhonedinsonmenapalacios72415 жыл бұрын
How did you like it?
@yaman60459 жыл бұрын
Nice man . Very nice video . Thanks for sharing . I really want to go back there after I seeing this VDO .
@Swampzoid5 жыл бұрын
nice video. I want to visit Cambodia. Except I would skip on any western atmosphere myself.
@SwiftyLondoner9 жыл бұрын
fantastic video :) Cambodia looks breathtaking
@Reddragondiaries9 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Yes, I'd recommend it for anyone
@SwiftyLondoner9 жыл бұрын
Cambodia is definitely going on the bucket list!!!
@Maebull709 жыл бұрын
Great video, Tom. It made me feel like I was almost there with you checking out all of the sites and sounds and smells. Good job! ;-)
@Reddragondiaries9 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I really had a great time.
@susripathy9 жыл бұрын
Omg!! Atv!! Definitely will do that when I get there!! Thanks! Awesome info!!
@metasaman9 жыл бұрын
except the atv-riding, I exectly made the same experience in cambodia. Rollercoaster of emotions is the perfect expression for this country.
@metasaman9 жыл бұрын
btw. If you haven't seen the movie "same same but different"...watch it!
@lamaddussa9 жыл бұрын
thanks for the tour. great job.
@damienlee548 жыл бұрын
Great video, very well put together.
@kpopgangstajamswagnojams15314 жыл бұрын
I proud to be Cambodian
@Reddragondiaries4 жыл бұрын
as you should be
@murray19787 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video. I will be seeing a lot of this this summer. I will be there for 7-10 days. Is that enough time to see all of the highlights in your video?
@jessemam63467 жыл бұрын
Murray Lindsay Possibly. I go to Cambodia to visit family for 1 month. But if you spend a lot time exploring you'll see some amazing stuff that will make you want to come back! Happy Travels!😄
@travelingbee22277 жыл бұрын
It would be a tight schedule, but doing just the things he highlighted could be done in that amount of time in my opinion. So much to do outside of what is included here though!
@Eltercero8 жыл бұрын
Excellent video. Thank you.
@camsports29284 жыл бұрын
Cambodia like this one🇰🇭🇰🇭💖💕
@alisoncumberbatch13005 жыл бұрын
Great video!
@Swampzoid8 жыл бұрын
Great video. Exciting adventure.
@TomY-pg2px8 жыл бұрын
Thank Q for visit our country
@AtmaS8 жыл бұрын
Informative video. Thanks for sharing.
@southeastasiagoingastray7315 жыл бұрын
nice vdo.
@MyOldBook1234 жыл бұрын
video.This is good
@KHARENA20175 жыл бұрын
Good video brother...
@LS-hx3df7 жыл бұрын
Very helpful video
@CambodiaNomadTips8 жыл бұрын
Nice video!
@Krishnan5648 жыл бұрын
Nice video.
@adukaalhaj1226 жыл бұрын
Nice & Informative, lastly smile please
@momvey57203 жыл бұрын
Very attrack .to the world
@robyncorrie97985 жыл бұрын
I’m off there asap👍🏻😬
@danlnad9 жыл бұрын
Well done!
@sleeplessinasia63788 жыл бұрын
And don't forget to visit the happy pizza restaurants while you're there. :)
@chrissie10578 жыл бұрын
we wont. ...mind you when people ask what you think of cambodian food and you say the pizza is good they look at you a little odd. surprisingly good :)
@quay0077 жыл бұрын
the mekong river or "mother of all river", flow through china, thailand, loas, cambodia n vietnam. the rivers brings plenty of fishes along its way and has now being use to generate electricity. vietnam and combodia has been at add since ancient times due to land grab by vietnam. actually mekong delta presently under vietnam was part of larger cambodia. cambodia has at some time in history tried to drived out the vietnamese people from its ancient land but without success due to resistant from vietnam forces. being a small country, cambodia has to ask china for help. the china-vietnam war was due to relationship between china and cambodia. china has asked vietnam not to attack cambodia but vietnam would not listen. when news of china attacking vietnam came about, vietnam asked russia for help, which russia agreed. however when china attacked vietnam, russia did no help vietnam at all. the short war has many casualty on china's side. china declared victory but not without controversy. the retreating china forces then adopted the "slash and burn" techniques, meaning damaging all infrastructure on purpose while retreating. for this the sense of hatred towards chinese by vietnamese still stand. on another matter, the close relationship between cambodia and china stands till today.
@hemkumartamangbomjan18844 жыл бұрын
How many days it takes to visit these places?
@carnedelobo9 жыл бұрын
Tom, when did you take this trip, and have you traveled anywhere else in southeast Asia? I'm planning to make this, my seventh year in Korea, my last. I regret many aspects of that decision, but I need to return to the states to secure a job in the public school system so I can complete retirement benefits. Because of this decision, I plan to take a summer trip to southeast Asia, but I'm not sure where. I like the idea of Vietnam or of Cambodia, but at the same time, Bangkok is tempting.
@Reddragondiaries9 жыл бұрын
7 years. That's a serious commitment. I think the end is coming for me soon as well. It's hard to move on from this. I also went to Bangkok. It's a major city and interesting and fun. Very different than Cambodia. There are so many places in SE Asia to visit though. Saigon. Philippines. Vietnam. Laos. It would be hard to see it all, but you should try!
@inquisitvem67239 жыл бұрын
You should go to Vietnam...culture, food, etc. are great. Check out a guy named Kyle Le and Troy Nguyen on youtube for videos.
@DRK01149 жыл бұрын
likin your content
@suti7228 жыл бұрын
my dad survived the khmer Rouge he's currently somewhere close to 50
@dylxnchn7 жыл бұрын
WheatyAnims Official Channel my grandma survived too she was only a little child. Amen🙏
@yatylam42917 жыл бұрын
WheatyAnims Official Channel my dad was born in Cambodia but he ended up living in Vietnam.
@vinsousan1467 жыл бұрын
My grandpa went back from veitnam and safe Cambodia from the Khmer Rouge
@pooppoop95275 жыл бұрын
Me too, but sadly my grandma had to witness her relatives getting killed in front of her. Reminds me what a terrible time the Khmer Rouge was.
@nobody-fo9px5 жыл бұрын
Same my parents survived too
@davevanfunk89176 жыл бұрын
Good video. Would have been even better if the "please subscribe" message had disappeared instead of remaining in the ENTIRE video.
@NeroSoulCore7 жыл бұрын
My dad was around 13 or 14 when the Khmer rouge happens he said he remember hands of the dead people sticking out of the ground and one time he was trying to wake up one of his friends but then found out the died in there sleep cause of starvation
@oncall218 жыл бұрын
Are you aware of any wild life safari's (assuming any exist) in Cambodia? Also (this is such a Westerner questioner) but are their any beaches that you can get away from the bustling crowd to chill out? Thanks for your video.
@KimseaKh8 жыл бұрын
oh dude .. yeah it is. visit Koh Rong island in Cambodia. great place.
@zainielven9 жыл бұрын
Good
@Reddragondiaries9 жыл бұрын
zaini elven thank you
@天使の罪人4 жыл бұрын
Can somebody tell me what "Srolanh u peng besdong" means? Please.
@dylonoch38124 жыл бұрын
I love cambodia my coutry ♥️♥️♥️♥️ but befor cambodia have a war betwin thiland chiness france this three country want to take our coutry but now this three coutry became friend with cambodia😇
@dylxnchn7 жыл бұрын
I am Cambodian
@Emerald0070077 жыл бұрын
Hi Tom. I'm from Ireland and I'm off to Cambodia in March. I'm not into night life much mostly doing what you did here. Is Cambodia safe. I'm curios because I imagine it is but a lot of people [who have never been] tell me its not. I just want to be prepared. thanks and great vid.
@travelingbee22277 жыл бұрын
March has passed but for anyone else wondering, Cambodia is safe! Take the usual precautions, especially if you aren't going out late at night, anyone would be fine.
@Emerald0070077 жыл бұрын
Cambodia is the most safest place I've ever been
@vanratana9147 жыл бұрын
+Chris Coppola Cambodia is very very safe
@w_4t3r168 жыл бұрын
thx
@erikthered058 жыл бұрын
I really don't recall "signs of a bright future" there, and the food is crap. People will attempt to scam you more there than any other place ive been in SE Asia so keep your guard up. Still an interesting place to visit and lots to see though!
@rtth17726 жыл бұрын
erikthered05 , you don't see a sign of a bright future after 30 years of war. OK dude
@darkakihiro84618 жыл бұрын
Cambodia may not be that popular but we have good relationship please enjoy your stay in Cambodia I am Cambodian but I don't really love Cambodia but I must since is where I'm born although I am half chinese
@aighttrailers20766 жыл бұрын
사랑해한국xkpop Ok Ur Half Chinese but it's look like u love KPOP not CPOP??
@bnhdtv23855 жыл бұрын
Hello how are you ?
@miagirl19285 жыл бұрын
My grandpa died in the army from Khmer Rouge and my mom went to the school I went to Angkor wat to my dads from Siem reap too
@phanna95566 жыл бұрын
I know because I'm Cambodian
@supremekhmer65966 жыл бұрын
Us Khmers don't eat Indian cuisine in our country. We eat MEAT! LOT'S OF IT!
@deepaksingh77277 жыл бұрын
नमस्ते कम्बोडिया मै आ रहा हू
@takortfreak5 жыл бұрын
i dont want to be rude but you should rename this video to ''Things To Do in phnom penh and siem reap''...
@fartcloud77418 жыл бұрын
what about the rest of cambodia. you visited 2 places :/ ...not much of a guide
@darkakihiro84618 жыл бұрын
And for more information the Angkor thom is actually a temple part those head statue are call bayon and for the killing place it was very very very hard for Cambodia 😭😭😭😭 we really never thought that a bad man should rule Cambodia his name is pol pot his very bad Cambodia suffer much but sLon we no longer have the nightmare
@chrissie10578 жыл бұрын
when i visit your country as a tourist I visit your ancient places. I can not bring myself to go to any of those places that are visited by tourists from that awful era. We really need to be careful who we make our leaders.
@suti7228 жыл бұрын
his family died and all he has is his sister and brother
@worldtravel1019 жыл бұрын
tomb raider! thats bad@$$
@phanna95566 жыл бұрын
That music is NOT cambo music
@garyroberts38592 жыл бұрын
Ya got a bit confused boy…and ya sure missed some of the great towns in Cambodia…very poor video.
@Reddragondiaries2 жыл бұрын
Don't forget to smash that like button and subscribe!
@garyroberts38592 жыл бұрын
@@Reddragondiaries but you’ve got no credibility and you know shit about Cambodia