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...

Day 210 Bloody love Phnom Penh - which I am now going to refer to with a superscribed obelus thus PP. I have landed unassailably in my cousin's apartment in central PP which has become my Asian caravanserai for the next few days - and how eleemosynary and propitious he has been. We took the girls to a water park on day one, being cognisant of the fact, we would be subjecting them on day two to a family day out of genocide and torture at PP's national museum....

Day 210 Bloody love Phnom Penh - which I am now going to refer to with a superscribed obelus thus PP. I have landed unassailably in my cousin's apartment in central PP which has become my Asian caravanserai for the next few days - and how eleemosynary and propitious he has been. We took the girls to a water park on day one, being cognisant of the fact, we would be subjecting them on day two to a family day out of genocide and torture at PP's national museum....

Day 207 Well the 5 star luxury holiday is over, Gan Gan has sadly gone home and we are back to our miserly £20 a day budget. I have found there are not many infinity pools and walk in showers you can get for that price. Back to Mrs Chang's Economy Guest House and a shared bowl of watery coconut soup. Fern's day started with a disappointment when she discovered she hadn't won the recent Glasgow Herald's short story competition and therefore must be as medio...