Local Boat Trips

Papcio Chmiel. A boat that truly sails through imagination

If it weren’t for Papcio Chmiel, this boat might never have existed—nor the trips, nor even the company itself.
The entire idea of real-life journeys through Cambodia was born from the unreal adventures of Tytus, Romek, and A’Tomek—to the Moon, the Earth’s core, and beneath the sea.

These three characters were the heroes of an iconic Polish comic book series created during the Cold War—a time when citizens of Eastern Europe were forbidden from traveling freely.
Through surreal humor and wild imagination, the comic opened windows to worlds that were otherwise unreachable.

Papcio Chmiel—real name Jerzy Chmielewski—was more than a cartoonist. He was also a resistance fighter, a soldier of the Polish Home Army, and a participant in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising against Nazi occupation.

This boat sails on Cambodian waters, but in spirit it still drifts along the Vistula River, somewhere between the banks of Warsaw and the next comic book panel.

It’s comfortable, safe, and above all—playful. And that’s a good thing. The world has grown far too serious.
Papcio wouldn’t have fit in. Or maybe he would—and he’d draw something new to teach us how to laugh again.

This boat is our modest tribute. But not a pompous one made of marble and solemnity. Rather, it’s a wink: “Thanks, Papcio. It’s all your fault.”

Let it be a journey back to that place in you where it all began—where dreams took the shape of comic book speech bubbles.