Well, we can't say that we weren't warned - we did know that the overland trip from Bangkok to Siem Reap would be terrible. But we also kn…
We were woken up at 7.30 by the builders on the floor above, knocking a hole in the wall. Just what you need after a long bus trip. At 9 w…
The heat in the middle of the day is sweltering, even though we have had lots of time to adjust to Asian temperatures. It reaches around 3…
Today's temple was Ta Prohm, which is the one which has been taken over by the jungle. Although much of the undergrowth has been removed…
Our last day at Angkor Wat - our $40/3 day pass expires today, so we set off early again to get the most of our time. We'd chosen two la…
Now that our pass for Angkor Wat has expired, we took the opportunity to drive around the countryside a little further, to see some of th…
After our journey to Cambodia - 16 hours of slow-moving misery - we thought we'd try and make the journey back to Bangkok easier. Although…
Well, last time we went from Bangkok to Siem Reap, we bought a ticket right through from a Khao San Road travel agent. And while it did get us all the way, it…
As we saw all of Angkor Wat last time, we must be the only tourists in town who didn't want to rush straight to the temples! In fact, we're only stopping off h…
There are a number of different ways to get from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh, by road or water. Possibly the most picturesque is to travel by fast boat - which tak…
We're in Phnom Penh, and we can't make head or tail of the place - there seem to be such wide contrasts. Take our accommodation, Diamond's Guest House, which i…
There are lots of different ways to get around Phnom Penh - on the back of motorbikes; in cyclos which are chairs mounted on the front of bikes ridden by old, s…
Sometimes, when you get up in the morning, its easy to be confused about where we are - the streets here seem just like the scenes of Beirut we used to see in…
Another day, another long bus trip! For our trip from Phnom Penh to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, it’s the usual story of waiting around, unexplained delays and…
