We have made it to Siem Reap! Not the worst journey, but still took longer than we had hoped! We were early to the place where we had booked our bus tickets yesterday and waited until just after 9am. At this time they squeezed 13 of us into an 8 seater mini bus to get to the bus station. We got there about half 9 and had to wait an hour for the local bus to arrive. From there it took 4 and a half hours to get to Siem Reap, which wasn't too bad especially as me a...

Shane has wanted to rent a motorbike since we arrived in Asia, so today we finally did! I'm pretty scared about being on a bike so we figured somewhere a little bit quieter like Battambang might be a good place to start. We paid $4 for half a day and spent the time driving in circles and getting generally lost in the city! I actually enjoyed it more than I thought I would and will feel less freaked out the next time we rent one. The last week has been hectic wi...

Today we slept in for a little bit, at least compared to our early starts the last couple of days! After a bit of a walk around the area we are staying in we grabbed a tuk tuk and asked to go to the bamboo railway and the killing caves. We started out at the railway which was amazing! It is a single track with these wooden structures on wheels with a motor. Me and Shane got on one and headed off towards the stop. We hadn't got too far when we met someone coming...

Today we were checked out and in town by 8, ready to make our way to Battambang! Once we had been taken to the place our bus was leaving from and waited for it to arrive it was almost 9 and we then made our way to Phnom Penh. This took 3 hours so it was about 12 when we arrived to change buses. The guy at the office put us in a tuk tuk to take us to the bus for Battambang. When we were dropped off we realised that it was going to be a local bus and probably a re...

We were up early today for our trip around the Kampot countryside. Rather than the tourist trip I thought it would be we ended up with our own tuk tuk for the day! We started by driving out to the salt fields, which we were a bit early for the harvest but it was still interesting to see how they prepare the land by hand ready for the season. From here we took a dirt road track through a local farming village where we were joined by a younger boy on a moped. He ...