Just a quickie before going out for a Riverside dinner in Phnom Penh... Arrived from Sihanoukville by public bus at around midday. Bit of hassle from Tuk-tuk drivers when alighting transport, but made it to hotel in one piece. No cockroaches or other vermin to welcome us. Sombre afternoon visiting S-21 site (chilling reminder of Pol Pot's regime) and Killing Fields. Cambodia's histpry makes its capital a hard place to sum up-while looking to the future...

Things we have achieved since last blog entry: Been to Kompong Cham and cycled over a bamboo bridge, overtaking cows, overknocking pedestrians. Some saddlesoreness reported. Ate spiders legs (barbequed chicken flavour.) Nige frightened by pineapple. And small boy. And crumb. Takeo Homestay. Eaten alive by local wildlife. Lack of teeth brushing, overwhelming stench of urea. But general fun time had by all. Dom, and William, spent night together. Arrived in Sih...

We fear from our last blog entry that we may have given you a slightly warped impression of our time travelling to date. Contrary to the image we may have given you, we are all safe and neither rabied nor delirious from the Malarone medication. Left Bangkok at 7.AM on Friday morning, for twleve hour journey across the border. Cambodia is completely different to Thailand-it begins with a C. Impressions of the country to date are as follows: Hot. Yesterday it rea...