Day 11 Phnom Penh. Today was goodbye Siem Reap and onto Phnom Penh. This meant a lie in as we weren't being picked up until 10.30. Shame Andy couldn't sleep and was up at 5.15 whereas julie was sleeping like a babe/snoring like a pig (delete as appropriate). We were safely dropped off at the Siem Reap terminal for internal flights, which is not a lot bigger than our living room. Here I happened upon an aspect of Cambodian life that is far more advanced than t...

Day 10 Siem Reap. Up before dawn at 4.45 am, our guide was waiting in reception to take us to see the sun rise over Angkor Wat. After collecting our breakfast boxes we were underway to the temple site just outside Siem Reap. Any thoughts of a solitary yet romantic sight of the sun rising over the towers of Angkor Wat were soon dispelled as we joined a solid stream of bicycles, motorbikes, tuk-tuks and cars all heading to that same spot for their idea of a solit...

Day 9 Siem Reap Morning/afternoon/evening all. Today is a leisure day...Tonkin leisure that is! No guides, just ourselves following our noses (thankfully not literally as some of the smells don't suggest a beautiful vista awaits us round the corner). We are in the mode, so a late start is breakfast at 8am. We do go to sleep about 10pm so julie is not suffering from sleep deprivation. First up is a visit to a temple Wat Bo where everyday monk life was on view...

Day 8 Siem Reap. An 8.30 start but still a full days adventures ahead. Our guide, Mr Sithom (Tom for short), and driver Mr Tier (he doesn't appear to have a short name so we call him Driver or Drive for short), pick us up for our visits to the Kulem mountain to see the 'Lingas' at Kbal Spean, before descending to visit a pink temple at Banteay Srei with a quick visit to the Landmine museum on the way back to Siem Reap. The lingas are an amazing piece of dedicat...

Day 7 Siem Reap. The day has started with steady rain and quite cool for these parts (24 degrees) although the oven is turned up at our next destination at 37 degrees (but still raining!). We have really enjoyed Laos and its people, who are softly spoken and quite 'laid back'. I shan't miss the cockrels who all need a new clock as they start sounding off at around 2.30am. In particular one cockrel has a serious case of laryngitis that he needs to take to the 'he...