Articles about 'Cambodia'

This journey has been predicated on a heavy reliance on computers for all sorts of tasks. For one, while we have our primary airports approach charts printed out, we are relying on the electronic display for an alternate airport on our laptops if we need them during the flight. While I once considered this a frail solution to the problem of having proper information in the cockpit...

OK, this has to go down as the weirdest flying issue of the trip so far. When we left Phuket, Thailand, a few days ago and flew over to Siam Reap, Cambodia... both our primary and backup AHRS (attitude heading and reference system) had total, simultaneous failure numerous times during the two hour flight. For those who don't know what an AHRS system does, it is the system in the...

We completed our Cambodian adventure with a boat tour on Tonle Sap Lake and a visit to one of the unique Cambodian nomadic fishing villages, Chong Khneas. This is a traditional way of life that has been around for countless generations. The entire village is on bamboo floats; the hospital, school, mechanic's shop, pool hall, basketball court, TV repair man, grocery store- all of it...

Siam Reap, Cambodia- Kampuchea in Khmer; we're in the heart of southeast Asia. From an around the world journey perspective, I feel like we've reached the cream filling in the middle of the Ho-Ho. Asia is where the excitement really begins. From the moment we arrived we knew we were back in civilization again- only better. Clean modern airports (much cleaner and prettier than the ones...