by SilverBackpacker | SBP Book Club, Thoughts
Wandering by Hermann Hesse is one of the best travel books ever written. It is a synthesis of prose poetry and watercolour sketches.
by SilverBackpacker | Cambodia, Phnom Phen
The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum Phnom Phen, Cambodia Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum – Living Hell of Kampuchea The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum: Phnom Phen, Cambodia “Like the shards of clothing, bone fragments keep coming to the surface. Caretakers collect...
by SilverBackpacker | Thoughts
The Traveller Travellers never die. They just go into hibernation. After years on the road I took a break from real travel, married, raised a family, divorced, moved country and started again. The time comes when we get that itchy feet feeling and start to travel,...
by SilverBackpacker | Battambang, Cambodia, Destinations, Train Travel
Battambang Railway Station and Cambodian Railways The clock at the entrance to Battambang Train Station says 8.02. In most countries that would mean rush hour and thousands of passengers cramming themselves onto trains for their daily commute but not here. Battambang...
by SilverBackpacker | Cambodia, Sihanoukville
I had heard of The Starfish Project before i arrived in Cambodia and was determined to pay them a visit. The Starfish Project can be found in a small narrow backstreet in Sihanoukville, Cambodia. It took me sometime to actually find it as there were not any signs, or...