Hi everyone! Well, we travelled to Siem Reap via boat from Battambang. Siem Reap was actually such a nice surprise! I had been lead to believe that it was rubbish and touristy but it was actually really smart and clean and upmarket! (So, I obviously fitted in). On our first day, we arrived at about 2pm but didn't really have enough time to see Angkor, so we just went to a pub and played pool for a few hours (honestly, my skills are seriously impro...

Yoyo! (I left Colin to do the long one again! Har har!) We went to Battambang on a bus from Phnom Pehn, which was delightful. A 5 hour bus journey had 3 stops, each with a meal. I was loving it! By the time we arrived it was 3pm, and although the city looked really beautiful, we are now really conscious of how much time we have left and want to see as much as possible. There isn't that much to do in the city itself, so we decided with the 3 hours left o...

This isn't fair; Jenny gets to write about the fun stuff, and I get to write about the Khmer Rouge. Right, here we go... We set off from Don Khong in Laos, to head over the border into Cambodia. It's not an official border, making it rather confusing. We were told it was 'no problem!' by the lonely planet on one page, and 'don't cross here without a visa' on another. The foreign office say they are 'confused' about it, but that the border is most likely clo...