After getting ready in the blink of an eye, we just caught our mini bus to Phnom Penh, a journey which would have been, dare I say it, "not cursed" if it had not been for our inability to wake up on time!! Departing at 7am we were settled at The Mad Monkey guesthouse, Phnom Penh by 2pm. The guesthouse was a good choice, previously home to a local Cambodian newspaper, there was a Spicy feel about the place. A downstairs bar/restaurnt and the most amazing roof top ...

Leaving Laos behind, where we really had "been there, done it, got the t-shirt" we knew the next 30 hours were going to be bad. Looking back, I'm glad I didn't know quite how bad!! So in a nutshell our journey went something like this... We departed our guesthouse by tuk tuk at 1pm, headed for the main bus station where we picked up a coach, destination, Vientianne. At 5pm we arrived and were faced with a 2 hour wait until our sleeper bus departed. There was li...