Backpacking in Cambodia

[fasteddy60]

Just got back! Needless to say,had a fantastic time. Gettin goose bumps just thinkin of the time. Thought of your vid too. Still cool man . Diggin it now! Thx

[jhopperyoung2334]

Fantastic !

I'm planning on spending 8 weeks July till end of August, do you think the monsoon season will be as bad as some people are saying. I really enjoyed your video and the photos were outstanding.

[fasteddy60]

I'll tip some banana wine for ya,I leave tonight! Watchin your vid again! Cool.

[jzilla666999]

Cool!

[fasteddy60]

still a great vid,I'll be there in 31 days,so excited again.

[EvannRachel]

Great stuff. We just left Cambodia a few days ago, made some videos and uploaded them to our channel. Awesome country.

Also - killer choice in music!!! :-D

-Evan

[charnchainet]

verry good

[fasteddy60]

is that a canon 10-22 uwa lens your using? I just bought one.

[michaelewald1980]

@fasteddy60 yeah its the good old 10-22 uwa! sold by now, by mistake, should have kept it.

[fasteddy60]

@michaelewald1980 Thx for your reply! 81 more days till departure! Excited again.

[fasteddy60]

I'm counting down myself,112 days to go. Great vid & tune !

[mananchhim]

love your video, thanks for sharing

[mananchhim]

love this, forever. thanks

[NightRider919]

you are a very good photographer!!! :) 

[BadBanana87]

Nice pic, even the pic of the ladies who were bathing :)

[flubno]

How cheap was the hookers there ?

[fasteddy60]

Ex L ant vidio man ! I'll be in Angkor Feb.2011,I can hardly wait man ! Then to DaNang agin for the second time for a week the south to HCMC for two weeks.

[fluffyburges]

brilliant video, i was there athe same time and been there 3 times and stayed the last time for 7 months to teach english, this country changed my life, thank you Michaelwald.

[92311charles]

good sites,bad music!

[sweetlbchicc]

niice

[changmai08]

just come back recently, life is truly never going to be the same after that, well done on a top film & nippy shots

[jimbo22332]

awsome video,brought back good memories of my own backpacking trip round cambodia

[pennkhmer]

Nice photography. Thanks for visiting Cambodia.

[onebad78ta]

makes me want to go again,,,,been 3times....lots of fun,but now have to wait for the kid to get a little older..

[Kormsarn]

Great photography among everything else!

[endrenilsen88]

Im going on some kind of jurney like this next year.

How hard is it too make yourself understood in English there in Cambodia? Do most people speak some english there or will i have to learn afew basic words before i go there.? hehe.

[domwave]

learn a few basic words, but you'll find that especially in places like siem reap, the locals have reasonable english. its a beautiful country, enjoy

[uponastar]

a few words here and there would make ppl there smile. khmer is very easy to pick up unlike it's neighboring country where the language is tonal. chumreap seur, sok-sa-buy, ah-kun

[czhia]

im going to cambodia, vietnam, thailand this year.. any recomendation for places to visit there???

[rothima]

For Cambodia, one of the biggest lake in the world Tonle Sap. Ancient temple, Kulan Mountain, Phnom Penh,....Northeast Cambodia waterfall... many more.

I hope other users from Thailand n Vietnam can recommend u some of their places. Enjoy ^_^

[phimpory]

Visit Siem Reap (Angkor Wat and the many beautiful temples there). Ocean and white sands in Kompong Som. Visit the National Museum and Royal Palace on the waterfront in Phnom Penh. Shop at Psa Tmey, Russian Market, etc., Other advice: 1) DO NOT EAT RAW FOOD EXCEPT FOR FRUIT (PEEL!) 2) DRINK ONLY BOTTLED WATER. 3) Be cautious of your valuables; leave behind or take as little as possible on your day trip. 4) Take lots of photos! 5) Have an open mind and you'll have a trip to remember.

[Alainpozzo]

Good pics...Not so sure about the soundtrack!

[py2ti]

dont try to understand the second music...

[khunsa25]

hey mike,

next time try khmer style

leave your european head at home

roll with it

[Carlsarv]

Thank you!

[78left]

whats the name of this song

[dysfunktion77]

I was there this past November and loved it! The people are so beautiful and freindly. Considering all they have endured it is a testement to thier resilience. I am going back this April to explore the country more.

[pataphysician66]

This is great! I would love to go there some day.

[lefcoast574]

Great video thanks for sharing!

[sichoeunto]

It is a beautiful country. Isn't it?,with freindly and smilling people. We should miss a chance to visit this country.

[sarahsang]

Wow, I'm Cambodian and I still haven't even been to the places you've been!!  The place captured (5:43), that's where I wanna go next. Thanks for the beautiful scenaries!!!

[thephumps]

how long were you there and how much did it cost

great pictures

[bangkokbutts]

planning a trip there next month, is it safe ?

[mark123st]

Brillaint! you really captured something there! great choice of backing music too.

[Kampuchea]

pretty

[kahunna]

I'm happy to see you lugging around your SLR. I'll be going there in December for three weeks - any advice for an SLR carrier? Any moisture problems? Did you feel unsafe with your camera? Do you have an online gallery of more of your photos? They're really amazing!

[Veggieforce]

hey kahunna I recently got back from Cambodia meself- I can tell you to carry-on your gear, checkin just opens yourself for risk. If you have to check your gear: dont make it freakin obvious its a camera case. have like a small hard case that can fit in a duffel or something. but I lucked out no problems.

youll be going towards the tail end of the wet season so you might have some moisture issues. make sure you have a good cleaning kit (it gets dirty out there!) have fun!

[inunabe82]

i wanna go there now thanx for the great vid it has given me something to look forward to

[javitobilito]

The name of the Manu Chao song is Minha Galera. Enjoy!

[sctt5071]

Thanks. It's nice song. By the way didn't mean any disrepect to the video, the song just caught me.

[spamoli420]

i know the second song is by manu chao, i dont know the name tho..what is it?

[hcronos]

cool video. when are u going back to cambodia? i think you captured something with photos. beauty and splendor

[sctt5071]

Does anyone know who the title and artist of the second song? Thanks.

[sethkinnear]

dont you have comments on the video and its message to the people of cambodia and to the world...all you care is the song??????

[zenbuckeroo]

backpackers have bed bugs.

[thai1959]

By the way Michael.Great vidio:-))

[huddd001]

i spent 2 months in cambodia in 2006, all i can say is go. such beautiful people and just by visiting and spending money you are helping them to get back on the road to recovery. SO GO SEE ENJOY,GOD SPEED CAMBODIA

[thai1959]

Amen hudd001.Exactly true and your so right about so many of them being beautiful sweet people too. I fell in love with the khmer people of Cambodia too.More than I can put into words here.

[huddd001]

thankyou for reply, best wishes ;)

[MasterFu]

@huddd001 very nice of you. Thanks

[koisumaz2000]

@huddd001

It's the West who fucked up and destroyed Cambodia, not Pol Pot. He came with WESTERN MARXIST IDEAS. And the Americans overthrew the Camputian monarchy and placed gen. Lon Nol to govern a puppet state. Now the West helps them to recover and become a puppet state again. What hypocrisy! God judge the West for all the evil they have done!

[huddd001]

@koisumaz2000 it's Kampuchea you fucking tool, anyway what's your reply got to do with my original comment.

[islandmonkey007]

@koisumaz2000 Sorry, but Cambodia is a puppet state of China now...just as they have been for a long time...not the west. China supported and supplied Pol Pot with weapons, etc.. Currently, China is logging and taking resources from Cambodia and destroying and evicting village peoples so they can destroy forests by logging. Hun Sen's government allows China to do their destructive deeds. Please educate yourself.

[bbyxsmiilez]

I LIKE IT VERY MUCH

[deangreenfuture]

I used to live in Cambodia for 3 years working for the UN and was looking for videos. I wasn't a member of YouTube before, but I joined because I wanted to thank you for a fabulous post. Nice one!

[javierenchina]

where were all those skulls?

[michaelewald1980]

at the site of the killing fields, a few miles out of phnom penh.

[snoopyandjack]

tuol sleng AKA S-21

[Itube4drama]

I like your choices of pictures. Looks like you had a fantastic adventure. The last scenery picture is a gold metal picture. :) thanks for sharing...

[sauer512]

I like. Good stuff. Great photography. I like your choice of glass-ware as well.

[fotommatik]

Hey Michael,

great slideshow ans some amazing pics! I enjoyed Cambodia very much and I can see that u loved it as well. Good luck and I am waiting for more.

[sayunnara]

Hey guys, I love your film clip and the musics going so well with it. And you guys look so kool in those picturs. I love travelling too, I've been to koh phi-phi and many islands in Thailand.

[thai1959]

Great vidio!Was there exploring in 2000.S-21 and the killing fields broke my heart and there now so poor.Beautiful country .The poor Khmer people need a huge dose of human kindness.

[59lolachang59]

bellissimo! complimenti per le foto e per la colonna sonora ,what is the group sing song teh first songs?

[michaelewald1980]

ciao! the song is called 'set the ray to jerry' by the smashing pumpkins.

[59lolachang59]

thank you it s very nice song,perfect for your soudtrank...........ciao e grazie!

[madhobbit]

i have just got back from Mumbai and i am now planning on going to Cambodia. Looks amazing place. hope the begging isnt as bad as india.

[bagsaboy]

Very nice portrait oks - gave me many strong feelings from my time there in 2004 - thanks - good joba tourist experience -

ab thanks

[hopcal]

Love the slides. I'll be there next year!! Still saving up some money:-)

[overcrossreini]

nice vid and good music, you had a good time in cambodia i think! mui ...pi ...pai....lol this short cut is cool...need sopme adventure next time in cambodia? so watch my vids.

[oceanparadise]

Hellokitty - lol...you're so silly. I wouldn't paint all White males the same, just I wouldn't paint all Asian females as prostitutes.

[hellokitty2007]

rent the dvd "human trafficing" , it resembles some of the things i saw american and european men doing in asia.

white daughters/wives/girl friends/mothers should know what their dads/sons/husbands are doing in asia.

worst part... there is so much political black male by the US and euro goverments, these men are rarely punished by the local authorities.

[onelastpiano]

that was incredible!

[PanhJaPor]

Nice video! You had been to so many places in Cambodia. I feel as if I'm there traveling with you. Thanks for sharing!

[SOPYLEK]

Nice video, I really enjoy it.

[siemreap215]

Do you like of our country?

[Jazzy78910]

amazing

[ThydaKhmer]

Nice video. Thanks for uploading it Michael.

Your video makes me want to toss away the luxury and join the smiley warm people.

[hellokitty2007]

tasteful? what are you talking about? white guys go to third world countries for one reason... women and children. The other reason being to humiliate that countru in reference to the wealth of the white nations.

[michaelewald1980]

well...most travelers we met in cambodia, incl. us, had none of your prejudices in mind. we seek the adventure of exploring different cultures and traveling light-weight thru unknown places. i think it's pretty ignorant to say exploitation of women & children is valid for all white guys traveling to 3rd world countries (while true for few sad western assholes). do some research and you will recognize that prostitution is traditionally embedded in asian cultures and directed 95% at asian males.

[hellokitty2007]

lol michael - you are blaming at asia males, typical white mal scape goating. 95%? did u pull that figure out of ur ass did you. you say few white males sexually exploit women a children? just a few michael?

check out United Nations stats. A million women and children are kidnapped EVERY year for sexually slavery. great majority for cauasian male clients in europe and america.

[hellokitty2007]

also michael... i have personally been to thailand and malaysia... crawlng with white guys lookng for sex... i don't think those little boys and girls, some only 5 years old were their adopted children.

the problem is so bad, if one walks about the city at night one can see these white guys shopping for sex everywhere. entire blocks dedicated to white tourists... little cildren walking up to white men and speaking English phrases "20 bucks" "me suck u, yummy, yummy"

[xqsiteazn]

Thank you so much for sharing your experience in Cambodia. Prejudices, regardless of what form, does hurt, but I hope you will get over it. I'm a Cambodian-American often received same prejudices when I travelled there 15 years ago to sponsor my older sister. On the other hand, it's hard to blame hellokitty2007 for his/her commments because that kind of exploitation has become epidemic, striping our people of their dignity and needed to be address.

[samdonuge]

it's also fairly ignorant to say that prostitution is "traditionally embedded in asian cultures", as if "the West" is free of patriarchy in that regard.

globalization breeds global sex trafficing. it so happens that white western males have the money to travel around the world.

[nh4files]

@michaelewald1980

To retort a wrong prejudice with a wrong prejudice of your own, that's also pretty sad. Any country will have it's share of prostitution geared mainly towards locals, and that includes western countries. Traditionally embedded? Again, the same can be said for western countries too. It *is* the oldest occupation after all.

[hellokitty2007]

@nh4files

One would think that people would put aside their racial pride for the sake of so many victimized children.

Too much Hollywood movies does that to a race.

[willberb]

You forgot the lady boys, oo la la

[theaprum]

Bravo, very well done. Such a well balance of respect for people and places.

[ctkathy]

What a beautiful, tasteful, and professional presentation. I am off to Siem Reap in July to volunteer. Thanks for the view.

[dumbjetfan]

Hey - great stuff, brought back the month I spent there last year - back in NYC I don't come across many people who had similar experiences with the same kind of things that move me.........

[noodleboi]

your videos are amazing! the pictures are fantastic!

[Zumanza]

nice one!!! what remembers...

[iluJr]

Great slice! Thanks for the post.

[zz8168]

What is the name (and artist) of the second song in the video?

[MotelCambodia]

Its nice to see the real cambodia , not just the bumpy dirt road every one elese posts. Cambodia is a cool place. I like it so much Im moving there to my hotel.

[thon30]

High Caliber Photos!!!

[craig9002]

Nice video, brought back some great memories,

[pkachantu]

i HAVE YET TO GO TO CAMBODIA. i SOMETIMES THING MY SISTERS ARE LUCKY BECAUSE THEY'VE SEEN WHERE THEY CAME FROM. yOU ARE LUCKY AS WELL

[oceanparadise]

Wooo...that looks beautiful! Eh...looks like a lot of fun down there. Nice photos...good photographers eh! Keep it up!

[95371019]

brought back some great memories! good stuff, eh.

[ziczak121]

Great photos

[emmaus28]

Great video! My wife is Cambodian. She survived Pol Pot's labor camps and those who survived in her family made it here to the US after the Vietnamese invasion. We have not gone there yet, but hope to in the year's to come. I cannot not wait to show her this. Thank you!!!

[timkiwi]

Great Pictures of a great country.