Ho Chi Minh (aka Saigon) Day 1 (25.06.2012): We had such a sleepless night. It was still around 35 degrees at night last night and with no aircon it was just too hot for sleep. Also a cockroach ran over me and I couldn't even try to sleep after that. We arose after no sleep at around 7am and had breakfast in the hostel whilst waiting for our bus to Vietnam. We were picked up at 7:45 by the Mekong Express bus service and started our travels. Yet again we got t...

Phnom Penh Day 2 (24.06.2012): What a difficult and heart-breaking day! After breakfast we realised we had no choice but to say yes to a tuk tuk driver as the places we wanted to go were too far to walk. We managed to find a half decent one who we hired for the day. First stop was Tuol Sleng prison also known by its code name S.21. The prison was a former high school which was converted by the Khmer Rouge in 1975 into the most secret of the country's priso...

Phnom Penh Day 1 (23.06.2012): Today we got picked up from Viva Hotel, Siem Reap at 07:30 by a mini van which took us to the bus station to catch the 08:30 Mekong Express Bus to Phnom Penh (we had hoped to get a boat but unfortunately the river is too low at the moment and the boat wasn't running). The bus was fine apart from we got kicked out 2 hours into the journey for a 30 minute stop where we were not allowed to stay on the bus. The stop was in the middle o...

Siem Reap Day 2 (22.06.2012): What a day - filled with highs and lows. Alas we could not drag ourselves up in time for sunrise. We awoke refreshed at 7:40, packed our bags for the day and headed downstairs for breakfast. I had a breakfast burrito! Afterwards we walked over the road and secured ourselves bikes for the day. We decided against the mountain bikes and opted for the cheapest ones costing $2 a day (double the guidebook price). We then set sail - ...

Siem Reap Day 1 (21.06.2012): We made it to Cambodia (with all our possessions). We awoke at 5am in our Bangkok hostel and headed to the train station to catch the 5:55 train to Arranyaprathet near the Thai border. The train was extremely crowded and there was no aircon - it cost less that £1 - took 6 hours! On finally reaching Arranyaprathet we were swamped by tuk tuk drivers all wanting to take us to the border crossing. We got more or less pushed into a tu...