From 6 to 11 we drove in pickups to the Thai border, sitting on our bags which was great fun. From the Thai border we used other forms of transport including a local bus (where my water was stolen) and a rip off taxi ride. We arrived in Bangkok after 12 hours travelling. So after supper in a local restaurant we headed to the famous backpacker road Khao San Road, where we sat in the street drinking strong yet cheap cocktails before hitting an Irish bar or two! I ...

7 hours in a bus started the day and by the 3 we had arrived in Siem Riep. After breaking a hammock in a rest place on the way. We went to Dragon Soup for lunch/dinner I had to wait 90 minutes for my food, all hte while having to endure Sophies sarcy comments, but my day soon improved with the help of a few beers with Jon and James in the evening. We left the hotel at 5 to see the sunrise over Ankor Wat behind the lake. It was amazing to see the complex come int...

Getting up at 5.30 was a killer, not half as bad as the next 8 hours cramped on a pblic bus with an hour break in the middle to cross the border, fun fun!! We arrived in Pnom Penh, had lunch, looked round the Central Marketwhich did not have what we were aftre. That evening Jon Yvette (Ozzy) and James (funny Cockney geezer) and I went out for a few beers, games of pool and something to eat. I had a BLT (Bacon, Lettuce and Tuna). We went to the Royal Palace after...

After breakfast we left our homestay and headed to a floating market, then on to see how rice paper and pop rice/corn is made. Back on the bus we stopped to visit a Cao Dai temple ( a mix of all good things about religion) and arrived back before lunchtime. An afternoon in an internet cafe was followed by a very expensive and not great meal in Lemongrass. Later that evening we went to Apocalypse Now which was a fun club, apart from all the old men on the lookout!...

After breakfast we left our homestay and headed to a floating market, then on to see how rice paper and pop rice/corn is made. Back on the bus we stopped to visit a Cao Dai temple ( a mix of all good things about religion) and arrived back before lunchtime. An afternoon in an internet cafe was followed by a very expensive and not great meal in Lemongrass. Later that evening we went to Apocalypse Now which was a fun club, apart from all the old men on the lookout!...