Two really full and heavy stops in Siem Reap and Phnom Penh left us mentally and physically exhausted and in need of the proverbial "vacation from vacation" and so we hopped a bus south, to the coast, to seek some sun and sand in Cambodia's home of both; Sihanoukville. It's a strange little town really, but I guess typical of an SE Asian resort town but, of course, with its own little Cambodian flair. We got into town and found our way to the hotel easy enough a...

Six hours on another bus brought us to the capital city of Cambodia; Phnom Penh. Thanks to our lovely friends Chris and Christy we had set ourselves up with reliable accommodation for the evening. We had booked into the Mad Monkey hostel owned and operated by a nice young British chap. Our Tuk Tuk driver that brought us to our hostel was a nice, very well spoken Cambodian named Lan. He offered to drive us to be our tour guide the following day, as we were plannin...

Can I just start by saying that air travel is a blessed thing? A journey that would have taken 3 grueling days by ground was covered in under 120 minutes as we took to the air above the lush green mountains of Luang Prabang and northern Laos and flew south into the flat landscape of central Cambodia and Siem Reap. And just like that we were there...getting our visa was easy, and we even came out to a young kid holding a sign for "Mr. Gina Lutzke". He was our TukT...