It was a fitting end for us to spend most of our last week in Asia hanging out in SB village. We'd already spent three months there volunteering and it's the place were we've taken our fondest memories. After jumping off the bus somewhere between Sre Ambel and Andoung Tuek (AKA the middle of nowhere), we hopped on the back of a couple of motos and took off down the muddy gravel road towards our familiar village. The first person we spotted was Kien, the young pu...

On our third attempt, we were finally able to be tourists in Phnom Penh. Our first and second visits to the capital concerned a motorbike burn and a stomach parasite, so this time we planned to avoid the SOS Health Centre entirely! We decided to avoid the main backpacker strip along the Riverfront, with the idea of finding some local, cheaper eats and mixing a little bit with the locals. We found a homely, family-run guesthouse near the Olympic Stadium. After Si...

Ever since we first crossed over into Cambodia six months ago, a visit to Siem Reap and the ancient temples of Angkor has been a priority. In the same league as the Egyptian pyramids or the Great Wall of China, this place is a must see for anyone in the region and buses full of tourists from Thailand and Vietnam thunder through every day. We were patient and finally made it! Expecting a seriously spoilt town full of money-hungry local tourist businesses, we were...

A few days ago we crossed into Kampuchea for the fourth time, and stopped in yet another Mekong River town. Like every small village and big city that we visited in Laos, the people of Kratie lived off the mighty Mekong River and had that same friendly, laid-back charm. The only difference for us was that we could finally speak a bit more of their language, which makes those random local encounters so much more fun! We stopped in Kratie for one reason - to spot ...

Saying goodbye to our quiet, simple and relatively untainted village was difficult. Although we were tempted to stay longer, we felt that the timing was right and that we had put in a pretty good effort over the past three months. Our decision to leave was made easier by an invitation to our friends wedding in the Philippines! So after a few tears, beers and parting gifts, we're now riding away in another squishy share taxi. However, partly to lighten the load, ...