After 10 and 1/2 hours on a bus we arrived in Siem Reap, or should I say the bus station outside and had to get a tuk tuk into the city. Sarah got her way and we ended up staying in an air-conditioned room, which after the bus ride was like paradise. Our first full day in Siem Reap started slowly as we had a lie in, but once it started it turned into quite a hectic day. I got some fisherman shorts (as they are known) which amused Sarah greatly as at the start of...

We arrived in Sihanoukville at midday after an eneventful bus ride and were instantly swarmed by taxi drivers, tuk tuk drivers, motorbike taxi drivers and people handing out flyers for various guesthouses. Although we did find out that the drivers get a commission for bringing people to certain guesthouses, so you invariably end up at the guesthouse that pays them the most. Having said this Sarah was negotiating a fee to one of the beaches (there are 5 in total) ...

We took a tuk tuk from the bus drop off point to an area on the lake in Phnom Penh (which we had found out in China had been bought by a Korean company who were filling it in to build apartments) and booked into a guesthouse which had a bar which was on stilts over the lake! It was a stunning location, where we had a couple of drinks enjoying our surroundings. We went out for tea and ended up bumping into two people off the Mekong delta tour (Charlotte and Steve...