We decided to leave the tourist driven city of Siem Reap for the more laid back city of Battambang. We purchased our bus tickets from our hotel manager Koy, who informed us that there was only one bus leaving for Battambang leaving at 7:00 am sharp. Having no reason to disbelieve him, other than the fact that the majority of the time he was stoned and/or drunk, we waited for our pick up at 6:30 am sharp. Our transfer picked us up on time and had us at the makesh...

Temples of AngkorYou've probably seen photos of the world famous Angkor Wat and have some idea of what it looks like. If you haven't, do yourself a favour and either look at our photo albums or do an internet search on the temples of Angkor. What many people don't know is that Angkor Wat is only one of hundreds of spectacular temples that are spread throughout 77 square miles of Cambodian jungle. That said, Angkor Wat is worthy of all its hype as the most imp...

Siem Reap, July 26 Our travels through SE Asia continued as we moved five hours north from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap. Prior to departing Phnom Penh we had our new friend Juan (our Cambodian tuk tuk driver, tour guide and drinking companion) organize his friend to pick us up upon arrival in Siem Reap. Our tuk tuk driver (Juan's friend) picked us up from the bus company's location, I want to say terminal but that would give you a false perception because it was real...

Phnom Penh, July 23 As we crossed the Mekong River on a small vehicle ferry, we anticipated our arrival to Phnom Penh to meet up with our long time friends and travel companions Andrew and Nicola. Although we only parted ways in Argentina a short three months ago, it seemed like a year had passed. Our bus from Vietnam arrived the typical two hours later than expected, so we quickly jumped into a tuk-tuk and were on a mission to sort our accommodations in the ci...