We arrived in Battambang & looked round a few dodgy hotels before we found one that wasn't too bad then we gave Mr Sim a call, who some friends had suggested we get in touch with. We arranged for a motorbike tour for the next day. We went through some remote villages which was brilliant, all the kids wave at you as you go past & shout Hello or Goodbye or we even had I love you & I miss you from a few! We had to wear scarves over our nose & mout...

Back to Phnom Penh!! We came back for one night to go the carol service & it was very Christmassy! There seemed to be only western families at the bar were it was held & most of them looked like they lived in Cambodia. There was an Australian guy holding the service & a live band to sing the carols along with. The even had home made minced pies & mulled wine! The next day it was onto Battambang......

Happy Christmas!!! Thank you for all your Christmas messages! Happy 2008 to everybody as well. I am backtracking all the way back to the beginning of December so I will probably miss out loads but there will be more to fill you in on when we get back this way! We were finding it hard getting around Cambodia to start off with. In Vietnam they issue you with one bus ticket that you can use all the way through Vietnam & stop off where you like. In Cambodia ...

Getting to Cambodia was really easy. The bus stopped at th border so they could check our passports & visas & we were on our way again. However we were asked to pay $1 for leaving our vacinnation stuff on the bus but we didn't have any money apart from about 3000 dong which is about 15 cents so they left us off! As soon as we were off the bus we jumped on a Tuk Tuk (a motorbike pulling a trailor with seats on) & went to hotel by the river front. W...

We arrived in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) at around 6 in the evening & were lynched by the hotel touts as usual. We found a classy establishment called the Titi Hotel which was $10 a night, altho it was walking through someones house to go up to our room as the family were always downstairs with the kids & dogs! Saigon is like a more western version of Hanoi, just as busy but loads more pubs & restaurants & more tourists. The first day we took ...