After a 7 hour bus journey listening to the Cambodian karoke we arrived at Siem Reap. We hopped on a tuk-tuk and the driver introduced himself as "Mr Bean" and asked him to take us to a guesthouse after looking at about 3 or 4 we settled with one for $11 a night a little more than we wanted to pay but was worth the extra. Theres plenty to do at night ; lots of bars and restaurants but it was quite expensive so not too many late nights. So our first ...

Phnom Penh, the Capital of Cambodia, is a busy place !!! Crossing the road is a challenge but I think we have finally mastered it...(just close your eyes and walk, they will dodge us, thats what dom keeps saying) Yesterday we visited the S21 Toul Sleng Museum and The Killing Fields. This is a depressing blog , so be warned.... S21 Toul Sleng Genocide Museum The site is a former high school which was used as the Security Prison 21 (S-21) by the Khmer Rouge reg...

What a small world... When we were in Kanchanaburi (beginning of December) we met two guys Sam and John. They were both travelling seperately, sam was heading down South and John was heading up North. Well when we were walking through the market in Kratie we heard someone shout "Dom" when we turned around we saw John running after us!! We thought he would have been well ahead of us by now (as we were doing a similar route) but he loved Laos (he doe...

Ban Lung was great ! We only spent one full day there but what a day it was !!! We met an Australian couple Will and Chloe and an English couple Stan and Katie and the 6of us rented out rickity mopeds and headed to a Volcanic Crater Lake!!! This lake is amazing. Named Boeng Yeak Lom, its a 3km circumference lake which is practically a perfect circle and has clear blue water with about 5m visibility. It was believed to have been formed over 700,000 years ago. We...

Four Thousand Islands... The most relaxing place in the world...or is that the most RELAXED place in the world... When we(finally )got to Don Det (we were told 2hours....it took 3 and a half )on our rickity tuktuk/jeep thing (we were told wed be getting a bus) and across the river on a small boat..... it was well worth the wait For four days we did...NOTHING!! Well, unless you call laying in a hammock and drinking Beer Lao exciting? Actually it was pretty aweso...