Booked our tickets to Koh Samui for tomorrow. Got a tuk tuk to take us to the Grand Palace. The driver first insisted on taking us to the standing Buddha, which is gold and 45m high, and then to the lucky Buddha, which didn't seem much of anything. He then wanted to take us to some travel agencies as he would get petrol tokens as commission. We said we didn't want to book anything but he went on so we agreed. These tuk tuks are the real deal. They are c...

Got up late but left the room in a hurry as its not a nice place to be when awake.... Wandered around and just tried to chill out - its in the 90s which isn't pleasant in the city. Ended up drinking at what looked like a bar, but on closer inspection was actually a Shell garage forecourt with chairs and tables set out and a cocktail bar between the pumps! Everyone smoking and lanterns with lit candles at every table... fire hazard ahoy! Strange but...

The bus to take us to the Poipet border crossing with Thailand was a tiny minibus. The road wasn't a road, it was a dirt track with pot holes the size of craters everywhere. (I'm not exaggerating!) On these roads there is none of that driving on the left or right nonsense. you drive where there are the least pot holes. So people who were trying to read gave up after a few minutes and resigned themselves to staring out of the window (as did those who thought...