This is going to be my last journal entry before leaving South East Asia. I've had such a great time here and feel a little sad that I have to move on.During my last few days here, I squeezed in a short visit to Laos. After one night in the remarkably quiet capital 'Vientiane', I met up with my Aussie friends Mike and Sally, as well as a Canadian guy called Dave, who looks remarkably like Chris Martin out of Coldplay. We caught a 'VIP' bus to ...

I came to Cambodia for 3 reasons. To see its temples, learn some history and try and give something back in return. Whilst the temples of Angkor were amazing, I also felt it necessary to learn of this country's more immediate past. Until today, I was embarrassingly unaware of what happened here during the mid 1970s under the reign of Polpot's Khmer Rouge regime. Sure, I did some reading up over the last few weeks, but none of that was quite enough to...

Yesterday my new-found Kiwi fellow traveller Claire and I went to visit the Temples of Angkor. I've been told that if you're going to visit temples then Cambodia is the place to do it, and it sure is that. A Tuk Tuk driver drove us around the main temples of the area from about 9am til about 4pm and it cost us a mere 5 US dollars each (plus a 1 day entrance fee of course). It might have helped to get an English speaking guide because after a while we grew...

At 7.20am on Saturday 3rd Feb, I jumped on a minibus to get back to the mainland of Thailand and head for Cambodia. On it were 3 girls (life's a b****) 2 of which were Parisian, thus allowing for more language practise. They complimented me on how well I spoke French, which in my experience, generally doesn't happen very often. I also got talking to a girl from New Zealand called Claire who seemed quite chatty and keen to make new friends.At the bord...

Koh Chang continued.Rob and I watched the Australian tennis final in our hotel's restaurant (poor little Gonzales, but you have to love Federer). Met two Aussies who, over the last week or so, have turned out to be 2 of the greatest people I've ever met - they should be made Ambassadors for Oz. We've been having an absolute blast together, hiring out mopeds (the roads here are very safe), eating amazing seafood and playing cards. Rob taught us po...