Mon 13th Nov 2006 - Cambodia Reunion We wisely chose the 2.30pm VIP bus back to Phnom Penh which meant we had time for a final visit to Coaster's. Cathryn's moto driver could barely see over her rucksack all the way to the bus station, but we all arrived in one piece. The VIP was another chance for us to catch up on sleep before our night out in Phnom Penh. We arrived at Happy Guesthouse at Lakeside where Cathryn's friends from Leeds, Caroline and ...

Fri 10th Nov 2006 - Sihanoukville, Cambodia Had our first moto-with-rucksack experience as we changed hostel to be closer to the beach. According to the lonely planet "the place to be" was further down the beach and a 5 minute moto ride away. In reality, we were just around the corner and the whole area was "the place to be" without having to move hostels in the baking heat of the middle of the day on empty stomachs! We discovered Coaster...

Wed 8th Nov 2006 - KampotAnother early start for our bus to Kampot. The bus seats were as hard as nails, there were no head rests and not enough leg room even for Jen (Cathryn was half sat in the aisle for 4 hours!), but STILL we managed to sleep.Arrived at Kampot and checked into our hostel which was blatantly an old hospital - a minor detail the Lonely Planet forgot to mention! But cheap cheap cheap. We were very proud of ourselves.Had a wander around Kampot to...

Tues 7th Nov 2006 At 6.30 am we got the "local bus, for local people" to Phnom Penh. The aim was to get to Phnom Penh in time to get our connecting bus to Kampot or Sihanoukville. But due to a flat tyre en-route, we completely missed our connection and were stuck in Phnom Penh for another night, after Cathryn saved some lives of tuk-tuk men at the bus station from the wrath of a tired Jen. Rang our surrogate mum at Sunday guest house (Gech) who sent o...

Fri 3rd Nov 2006Left our lovely Sunday guesthouse in Phnom Penh to head to Siem Reap and Angkor Wat. Got the VIP bus and were given free pain-au-chocolate and dodgy sausage/cheese roll. Slept like babies as usual on moving vehicles.Arrived at Siem Reap to be mauled by the local tuk-tuk/guesthouse men. They had to be beaten off us with sticks by the guards. Thankfully our wonderful Gech had booked us in to a hostel already so when we saw Jen's name on a sign a...