In Sihanoukville we got to explore Cambodia's beach scene. Annoyingly it rained for most of the week which left us reading or watching discovery channel in-between quick motorbike tours to the surrounding area. I ended up reading all about a very controversial, bold and possible stupid move the Cambodian government have just made. Almost half of the country has just been sold to outside investors. A huge 45% of the land in Cambodia has now been sold off to foreig...

We are welcomed into the capital of Cambodia -Phnom Penh - by a statue of a giant gun in the middle of a round-a-bout, wild west style and this theme continues throughout our stay. On our first day we decide to walk around the tourist sites and take an early morning stroll along the river to try and catch a large part of the poulation performing their daily tai chi. Siam Reap is quite modernised and staying their it was easy to forget you're travelling in a third...

The Temples of Angkor - worthy of all the hype surrounding them and very photogenic. We entered Cambodia from Thailand and the border crossing was long, complicated and expensive, but we do manage to arrive in the beautiful town of Siam Reap before nightfall, which is handy in the land on no street lights or sometimes pavements. Siam Reap is the local town closest to the temples of Angkor. It is here that we're meeting up with Tom and Emma, our English fri...