Although there is little to do or see in Battambang you can get there across the tonle sap lake which i was keen to see. Amy was't that bothered though and up to this point kept saying "so why are we going to Battambang?" it was slightly closer to thailand and I also didn't want to leave Cambodia having only been to two places which I kept explaining! After pulling away from siem reap the boat turned and seemed to be heading towards a bush. A narrow canal sudden...

We arrived at our hotel late in the afternoon which was located a few miles outside Siem Reap town centre. After unpacking our bags we went into town to find somewhere for dinner. The town itself would have been very pretty had it not been spoilt with the excessive use of neon lights! However it still had a nice atmosphere and there was a plentiful supply of restaurants. We settled for an Indian which was very good. The next day was spent talking to tour operator...

After a long wait at border control which was accessed by a rickety wooden jetty, we boarded our fast boat to phnom penh. We were not sure what was in store for us and as our boat pulled up to the pier we were impressed with what we saw. After wrestling our way through a barrage of tuk tuk drivers and and hotel reps we collected our luggage and agreed a price with a tuk tuk to take us to our hotel. This was the nicest tuk tuk yet! It was a morobike drawn carriage...