The bus to Sihanoukville was nice and short, only 2 hours! So we made it there, checked in to a funky, laid back hostel where our room was a little bungalow surrounded by huge banana plants, and headed out to the beach just as it started to crack the flags! Serendipity beach was quite nice (even though it's fair to say that, the dirt track and piles of rubbish everywhere make the walk there a bit less picturesque), but by the time we were decked out on a (padded)...

We left another scorchio day behind in Battambang on Sunday morning and got the bus back to Phnom Penh, where we had our last supper and a few drinks before waving Em off on Monday afternoon, in the middle of what felt like the hottest day yet! With just the two of us left, we headed to the central market to buy a sweet new camera and take our minds off things -it's so hard saying bye to people!!Back at the hostel I decided to get a hair cut to try and look a bit...

HAPPY KHMER NEW YEAR! I don't think we have smiled, waved and said hello as much as we have done in the last few days, at times we have felt like royalty, ha ha! The journey to Battambang was one of the main reasons for going there in the first place. The boat trip along the river is supposed to be one of the most beautiful in Cambodia and offer a true insight into rural Cambodian life. And we really couldn't argue with that... As our boat cruised down the river...

The bus to Siem Reap was one of those which just seemed to take forever (playing Mr Bean didn't really help the time go any quicker), though we were pleasantly surprised when our pick up guy was actually there holding his little sign up.When the tuk tuk pulled up outside this hotel with a grand entrance we figured he was stopping for something but it was actually our Okay Villa guesthouse. Only open for 4 weeks, it was easily the nicest place we have stayed it ye...

We cruised right into the centre of Phnom Penh mid afternoon, and although I felt it had been one of the longest ever journeys, it was still a nice change from arriving by bus. Once again we were accosted by touts and a pricing war kicked off between them all so we managed to get a bargain, even if we did have to pile 4 of us plus bags precariously into a tuk tuk! We were all feeling a bit groggy from our 6am start so we had a bit of a lazy afternoon before head...