Once upon a time S-21, as it is now known, was a normal Phnom Phen high school. On first glance it could have yet still been so but in need of some big repairs but closer inspection revealing the use of barbed wire on most of the open passages began to tell the story that this was something different. We were first taken to a lower classroom that contained a rusted bed frame and a farming tool. This was one of a few torture rooms where prisoners (innocent civ...

We were both sad to leave Siem Reap on Sunday but enjoyed a relatively easy 6 hour bus journey to the capital Phnom Pehn where we were meeting Benj and Esther and their two children Imani and Jedd; some friends we know from Loughborough. Having been away for 4 weeks the thought of seeing familiar faces was really exciting! Having managed to find them after being dropped off in the middle of a random street (no bus station), we made our way in their tuk tuk to the...

Today; Laos to Cambodia overland... We started early catching an 8am longtail boat to get us to mainland and connect with our bus. Just under three hours later we were at the border crossing. $2 later we had paid a Laos exit fee and had our bags on our back to cross the 100m of ''no mans land'' to Cambodia. On arrival were paying another dollar to have the back of our throats measured for temperature using infra red, supposedly a health screen, although the gu...

I wake up its still dark, look at my watch 4.05am??? Time to get up! Fortunately the old body clock kicked in earlier than April's 3.45am alarm which didn't seem to work for some reason... No drama though we were easily in time for our driver Mr EE at 4.30am. It was a new experience passing through the streets of Siem Reap in the peaceful darkness of the early morning. We stopped off at the check point and had our pictures taken for the day ticket and paid the $2...

After simply "chilling" on Wednesday after our epic bus journey from Laos the previous day we were ready and raring again (well I was anyway, Ash is a little bit more relaxed) to explore Siem Reap. The only highlight of Wednesday was having dinner with a nice girl called Dani we`d met at the guest house who was from Boston. We really enjoy meeting different people! We lazed on the comfy chairs on the veranda in amazement at how cheap Palm Garden Lodge (...