Ba Be National Park A very old four wheel drive land rover picked us up outside Little Hanoi at 8am. And we met our guide Ting and a lady from the office who had never done the trip called Twee. Together we called them 'Tweeting'. We had a seven hour drive ahead of us! As we left the city and headed north the scenery slowly changed from the bustling city to steep mountain passes sparsely populated. We entered the Ba Be national park which is the area around ...

Sen MonoromWe arrived in Sen Monorom with sore bottoms. Got dropped off outside a hotel so had a look as it was the one Andy from Balcony said was OK. We decided to stay, as did Laura and Andy who had the room next door. We had showers then wandered around the small town. There are loads of dogs here and they scare me. We walked to Bananas because in the LP is said you can get cottage pie, and you could. The Dutch owner Tanya was lovely and an amazing cook. The c...

KratieWe eventually arrived in Kratie at 6.30pm. We had passed Balcony Hotel and knew it wasn't far, so we walked. We checked in and had dinner at the hotel before retreating to our room to research what to do in Kratie. The next day we had breakfast and then hired a motorbike to take us around the town. We spent ages looking for the bank before asking someone where it was, it was nowhere near where we had been looking! After the bank we drove to O Kampi to see t...

Siem ReapWe arrived late afternoon at Seim Reap port. As soon as the boat docked 15-20 men jumped on shouting 'tuc tuc $1 tuc tuc $1'. We were lucky, our hotel in Battambang had already arranged a tuc tuc to pick us up so we bee lined for him. He wanted to take us to a hotel of his choice but we had decided on Tenei Hotel. We arrived at Tenei hotel but there was a lot of building work going on so we checked in next door at Ancient Angkor Hotel. After checking in ...

BattambangWe arrived in Battambang from Phnom Penh late afternoon. We jumped on a moto to Bus Stop Hotel, but it was full, so we walked around town looking for somewhere else to stay. We decided on Chhaya hotel, checked in, and went back to bus stop for some food. The next day we had arranged to be picked up by our moto driver to do a day tour of Battambang and the surrounding area. First we went to Phnom Sampeau, which is set high on a hill. The caves used to be...