Siem Reap We arrived at Siem Reap and got very excited. It seemed to have a great atmosphere from the start and was going to be very easy to spend a few days here before our 30 day visa ran out. We checked into a 1.75 per night guesthouse that had been recommended to us; the free bananas, baguettes, tea and coffee were slightly more appealing than the free bicycles and decided it was time for a good night out on 'Bar Street'. It has been a very quiet month for u...

Battambang So, another bumpy 5 hour bus journey and we arrive at Battambang. Slightly worried as we couldn't get hold of Tara (Founder of CCT orphanage) who was still in Australia doing some voluntary work. 'Not to worry' we thought, the Lonely Planet refers to Battambang as 'Cambodian's second largest city' and 'an elegant riverside town'. Hmmm, maybe we visited a different Battambang?! Sal went off to see a temple, some caves (another site used by the Khmer Ro...

Phnom Penh Luckily we still have some credit with a website (Hotelclub) Mark had told us about so we used some of it for 2 nights accommodation in Phnom Penh. It wasn't anything fantastic it but it was clean and comfy; a novelty for us!The reason for coming to the capital is to see Tuol Sleng Museum and 'The Killing Fields". We could give some of you a history lesson now on the war and destruction that Cambodia has suffered but it's late where we are and th...

After emptying most of our rucksacks and taking our dirty laundry on as hand luggage (Airasia - budget airline, have a ridiculous policy that you can only check in 15kgs, seemingly having it as hand luggage doesn't affect the weight limits of the plane?!) we're all aboard our flight from Kuala Lumpur to Phnom Penh, Cambodia. We had a change of plan and decided to head straight to the beaches of Sihanoukville, after all we deserved a little holiday. Can we point o...