We arrived in Siem Reap during the early evening after a 6 hour coach journey from Phnom Penh. The bus station is outside of the town centre and is populated by lots of very pushy tuk tuk drivers, possibly the most persistent and annoying we've encountered. We had pre-arranged to look at a hostel with one of them, but he was so pushy we blew him out! We then went to plan B and just got transport (with a different driver) into town and then thought we'd find a hos...

Gemma's sickness was not short-lived and she had to spend the first day in Phnom Penh in the room recovering. This gave Craig some time to explore and try and find a cash point machine. This was a slight task as the Cambodians have virtually done away with their own currency and deal almost exclusively in US$. For the first time on the trip we hadn't booked our accommodation in advance and were being guided by our trusty "South East Asia on a Budget" guidebook. ...