With one day in Phnom Penh we decided to organise our own tour for the day taking in the main sights, our first stop, the Killing fields. We entered the gate at Choeung Ek, and were pleasantly surprised by the efficiency and that the audio tour provided was included in the cost of entry, around $6 per person. The audio guide paints the picture well. It describes how the site would have looked during the Khmer Rouge’s reign and includes first-person accounts of ...

The Bamboo Railway of Battambang – a surviving section of the rustic Cambodian public transport system that once stretched across much of the country it was used to transport farmers produce and rice to the next towns and villages. The bed is made of just bamboo and the frame from a slightly steadier metal. Then when the driver meets another train coming in the opposite direction, he just lifts the whole thing off the rails to allow the oncoming cart to pass. ...

When faced with two choices- a three-hour bus ride or a 6 hour boat ride, which would you choose? We decided to take the boat from Siem Reap to Battambang, as we were recommended it and wanted to see the “real Cambodia”. Well... Where do I start! We are meant to be picked up at 6.30am for a departure time of 7am but forgetting we are in Asia and nothing runs on time we waited until 7.30am before we were told to walk to the end of the road and wait on the s...

After an extremely long day of travelling we arrived late at night to our hostel in Siem Reap where we had reserved a bed for the next 4 nights. With Christmas only a couple of days away we decided we were going to buy a 3day temple pass to explore at our own pace. We met Lisa from Holland who was travelling solo and wanted to join us for the first day tour. We started our three day tour by hiring a tuktuk to take us to some of the smaller temples on the Grand C...