Today was our first day visiting the temples of Angkor and we'd arranged for one of the tuk-tuk drivers to pick us up at 8am. We'd decided to start early to try and avoid the heat of the day - but as it's currently the hottest month of the year here, it's pretty damn hot all day! After our free breakfast, we met our driver and told him where we wanted to go today. We'd decided to start with the Roluos Group of temples, which are the oldest, but first we had to g...

Another long bus journey ahead for us today...we left our hotel early and walked the short distance to the bus station near the night market for our bus to Siem Reap. It may have only been a short distance but we were still sweating after carting our rucksacks there in the early morningheat...maybe we should pay the dollar for the tuk-tuk next time! We were on the bus for about 6 hours in total, and for once there were no random occurences! We were met at the ot...

Time to head back to Phnom Penh! It's been a nice few days at the coast and one of the highlights was when I peeked outside behind the curtains at about 5:30am today and saw the most amazing sunrise. I tried to go back to sleep but in the end got the camera and took some photos from the balcony - stunning! (See photo for this entry) Our but to Phnom Penh was at 8am and was full of mainly locals. We got seats together though and I tried to drown out the Cambodian...

This morning we were collected at 10am by our friendly tuk-tuk driver and we drove for about half an hour until we reached the pepper plantation. Along the way, the driver stopped and told us he needed water for his engine, before heading down the bank at the side of the road to a nearby pond to fill up his tank! Maybe the pond water was the cause of his problems later in the day, but more about that soon! After driving though some beautiful scenery, passing vil...

This morning we got up early and were waiting outside for our pick-up to go to Rabbit Island at 8:30. While we were waiting, the hotel manager came and asked if we had time for breakfast as it was included in the room price. It's been so long since we've had a free breakfast that we'd totally forgotten about it! He was really nice and asked our driver to wait for five minutes while they made our breakfast - omelette and baguette - and put it into boxes for us...n...