Our trip out of Vietnam was a lot less eventful than the one entering. This time we just sat on a boat as we crossed the border into Cambodia, very relaxing and easy. This was quite surprising considering the stories that we'd read about corrupt customs officials on the border.

When we got to Phnom Penh we were thrown back into city life. Lights, cars/moto, horns, traffic etc. We only spent one full day here, but it was an interesting day. We visited the Killing Fields of Choung Ek and S-21 prison. You may notice we have no pictures of these places. Both of us felt that it was disrespectful to those who suffered there. It was not something we really wanted to photograph. We found ourselves asking how something like that could happen? And questioned even more as to why we didn't learn about it in school? It was a unique day and can't really be described, it is only something one can see and feel on their own as I'm sure the events and sights would affect everybody differently.

From Phnom Penh we made our way to the coastal city of Sihanoukville. What a great little city. We are quite far ahead on our time here in South East Asia so we decided to really spend some time here, seeing as it has cheap accommodation, even cheaper drink (50c draught), and a place that sells PG Tips. Plus the added bonus of it being by the beach.

Our first day we got the feel of the place and headed down to the beach to check out the bars and soak up some sun. The next day we joined a snorkelling trip that visited 4 islands for snorkelling, swimming, volleyball and a barracuda BBQ on the beach. Our backs got a little burnt, but luckily we have our trusty Body Shop Aloe Vera body butter to come to the rescue. Overall the water was clear the beaches endless and it was a great day.

During our time here Del got his Cambodian drivers license. Well he showed a copy of his UK license, passport and payed some cash. Simple. We rented a moto yesterday, even though I still feel a bit uneasy on the back of them they are by far the best and cheapest way to get around. We were able to visit all of the beaches in the area and the local market. Which was great cause we were able to eat like the locals once again (there are no local street stalls where we're staying). Before we got the moto we were talking to an ex-pat who lives here, he warned us that our main problem when on a moto is the police shaking down tourists for cash and if we saw them to drive as fast as we can right through them. Sure enough within the first 2 min of driving we had a cop come out into the road to pull us over, for no other reason except we were tourist. We followed the advice and drove straight through. At this point we both felt a bit odd and worried they might chase us, seeing as this would land us in a great deal of trouble back home. But no, they couldn't really care less and just let us go. Over the span of the morning we were asked to stop twice more, but the same thing happened. Obviously they are just looking for a bribe, but don't want to work for it.

Today the plan is to hit the beach again. Soak up some sun and read a book. I only wish that the manicure/pedicure ladies didn't judge me so much as they walked by asking if I wanted their services...