Liz's friend had told us the best things he had seen in Cambodia were an abandoned Pepsi factory and the bamboo train which were both located in Battambang so we decided to go there before the girls headed to Vietnam and I to Thailand. When we arrived we arranged for 2 tuk tuks to take us there after we had eaten. Battambang was much more like the 'real' Cambodia and I don't think they see too many tourists….it was supposed to be Cambodias second biggest ci...

Siam Reap was where we met up with Kat (who left Australia early to spend time with some family living in Borneo), Ally and Jess (2 Canadians the girls had met in South America before I met up with them) and Adam who we met up the east coast in Australia so it turned into a pretty big group with 8 of us! The first day we went for lunch at a butterfly restaurant which was really cool…the owners buy butterflies from the local children who catch them with nets ...

After Sihanoukville we headed along the coast and inland to a place called Kampot which one of our friends had recommended. They told us to stay in a place Bodhi Villas which they said was one of the nicest places they had stayed when they were travelling. When we got there though we weren't convinced and both charlotte and I wanted to find somewhere else but as Liz (who we met in Sydney and travelled the east coast with us) was meeting us there we had to stay....

After Phnomh Penh we headed down to the South Coast to a place called Sihanoukville as we had read and heard that that the coastline and beaches there were amazing. Unfortunately we were out of season so the beach didn't look that nice and the sea was really choppy and looked a dirty brown colour so it was quite disappointing. We also wanted to do a boat trip out to Bamboo Island which is supposedly like paradise but the boats weren't running as the sea was so ...

Cambodia was HOT upon arrival! Verry humid! Also very cheap compared to Australia and Singapore which was most welcome! We started our Cambodian journey in the capital of Phnom Penh which was the epitome of South East Asian capitals…noisy, bustley, crowded etc. We pre-booked our accommodation online and ended up being in one of the poorer areas of the city but this meant that it was very cheap. We arrived late afternoon and in the evening charlotte and I w...