Last day in Cambodia.Boiled alive last night in our awful little $15 a night room with no air conditioning.Subjected the kids to a breakfast of boiled pork and steamed rice in a pineapple.No chance of pancakes or eggs.We managed to give our passports three days ago to a shabbily dressed bloke in a hammock along with $265 for our Vietnam visas and bus tickets to Ho Chi Minh.We haven't seen the bloke since - seriously.Rufus has been back to his office/hammock twice...

Day 228 Getting a Vietnamese visa in the middle of nowhere over Chinese New Year has proved virtually impossible. We're kinda stuck in our paradise-eco-village and I am feeling a little trapped and hemmed in. I can only do rural Cambodia for a few days and can't kid myself any longer; I'm still a city girl at heart and I really want to put on jeans, wedges, lip gloss and wander about the shops. I've canoed and slept in a straw hut and quite frankly now, am b...

Day 223 Woke up, decided I couldn't put my in-laws through anymore full moon raves, jet skis and day-long happy hours so got up and out and headed for Kampot. In my usual style I make these decisions quickly, with about a 30 minute turnaround. We had to wrench the morning Mojito from Gill's hands and find pacing Ronnie and push them back into their rickety bungalow to pack speedily. Normal people would have cracked up at this. Up, out, packed, bill paid, tax...

Day 215` Arrived in Sihanoukville, affectionately known by local Khmers and w***y tourists as 'Snooky'. Gill and Ronnie put their foot down with regards to sitting on the roof of the local bus so kindly paid for a private minibus for the four hour journey. Sad to leave PP but will be back before we leave - in fact Rufus deposits his parents back there next week so gets another night. We arrived in hot, sticky Snooky and I nearly had a fit. It was like Ardros...

Day 212 The in-laws have arrived and Rufus celebrated their first evening by getting horrendously pissed and offending everyone. Up early the next day for breakfast and some humble apologies. We've put it down to nerves and excitement. Gill and Ronnie are pretty game and are up for most things - happily squashing themselves into tuk-tuks and promenade-front cafes. Had a lovely river cruise up/down the Mekong Delta and checked into a lovely boutique hotel - t...