We were kinda sad as we boarded our last ever bus to Bangkok - but as soon as we started to sweat it out with dodgey air con and the toilet being out of order yet again - we realised we weren't going to miss the bus journeys that much! We arrived in Khao San road and after checking out a few hostels we took the plunge and stayed in a nice, authentic Thai hotel, complete with a posh rooftop area and swimming pool! It was significantly above our normal budge...

It doesn't get much better than this - sharing a big cold beer Chang on our guesthouse terrace looking out to the seemingly infinite horizon as we are treated to our final stunning sunset on Koh Chang! It has been a perfect few days here and exactly what we had hoped for, and we got real lucky with the weather too! It was all a far cry from how we felt arriving on Tuesday night though - when after 12 hours of being herded around in what felt like forever on our...

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...