Ladies and Gentleman Welcome to my first blog, Laura has let me take the reins on this one, although there is not a great deal to report on from Snooky! (Sihanoukville) as it's a quite chilled out beach resort! Although when I say resort I use the term lightly as it seems as though it has sprung up over night as in places down to the beach there are not any roads which makes getting about fairly tricky! So...... We arrived in the evening from Phnom Penh off the...

Our flying visit to Phnom Penh... From Siem Reap we got a coach to Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. The journey took about 5 hours but was a comfortable journey as the coach had air conditioning and reasonably comfy seats. We did however have to endure the cheesiest Cambodian Karaoke video for the duration of the journey. Apparently Karaoke videos are the rage in Cambodia! When we arrived at the coach station in Phnom Penh, we were greeted by CK the tuk tuk ...

Hello chaps and chapesses!So we've just spent 3 days in Siem Reap, Cambodia which we thoroughly enjoyed. Read on for the lowdown...We arrived to the worst floods Siem Reap has seen for over 10 years (maybe even ever!). The town is on a river which had burst it's banks so the streets were swamped in water which came up to our shins! Although it wasn't very practical for getting around, the town looked really pretty and the kids were in their element playing in the...

Faulty controller on engine 3... So our travels didn’t get off to the best of starts. All seemed to be going smoothly – we got the “goodbyes” over without too many tears (in fact none from James), made it to the airport in good time (which is a rarity for us) and boarded our plane at the scheduled time. Unfortunately that’s where our luck took a turn. Just before we took off, but after James had expressed his satisfaction with the food menu and claimed...