Siem Reap was a pleasant 5 hours from Kratie- or so they said. Think the rule is double the time and add 2 hours coz it never takes as long as they think it should!!! Eventually we got to a bus station off a dirt track road only to be welcomed by 20 or so hungry tuk tuk drivers who all wanted our business. As the coach pulled in they were banging on the windows and then when the doors opened you would have thought they wanted to get on the damn bus!! We eventuall...

Firstly- thanks for the message Grant, didn't realise that your life was that empty that you have to fill your days abusing me- well you win some you loose some! So... we crossed the boarder into Cambodia in the most cramped mini van- there were 17 people in a 11 seater bus and there was even 2 people in the drivers seat!! Our first stop in Cambodia was Kratie- a small town where not alot of people stop, but coz we can, we did! We enjoyed the luxury of ...

When Dan told me we were visiting a place with 4000 islands, I was expecting it to be a bit like this picture.... sadly I was mistaken! Si Phon Don is on the southern tip of Laos and is where the Mekong River fans out to leave 4000 islands of which some are inhabited. We had to take a small boat over to the island as there are no roads!! It was back to basics for a couple of days- and I mean basic. All the accommodation is basically bungalows on st...

We spent 10 hours on an over night bus with a honking Lao woman to get to the worst place we have visited yet!! Pakse- one street, one guesthouse, one resturant.... so we stayed one night!!

Griff... I know Dan has told you about his 'experiance' but I think he may have exaggerated a little so i'll tell the truth! We had the option to go tubing in Vang Vieng but we decided to kayak to Vientiane instead. Better than any bus journey. We got picked up in a truck and driven for about an hour to a river with 4 Italians and 2 French guys (didn't like being the only girl!) but it was OK. One of the Italians looked just like you Nicky! We got ...