Yesterday was a really long day of travel! We didn't have to leave the island until 11am, so this gave us a bit of time to finish packing and get some breakfast before we left. We headed down to the beach where the boats leave from about 20 to 11 and there were already about 40 people waiting. When we left Siem Reap the guy at the minivan office who explained the border crossing to us had said not to bother with the 11am boat and now we could see why! However, t...

Today was our kayaking trip so we were up early for our breakfast which was included. This was in a restaurant on the river so it was quite nice to sit here and look at the view whilst waiting for everyone to turn up. Once everyone had eaten we got given all our equipment and got in the kayaks ready to set off! We paddled along the edge of Don Det which was really peaceful until we were told to be a bit more careful as there were some Rapids. These weren't as sc...

We got out of bed at a more reasonable time today! It is shrove Tuesday so we went to get pancakes for breakfast being renting bikes again. Today we headed over to Don Khon to see the waterfalls. Once we had crossed the bridge we cycled to where the waterfalls are and had to leave our bikes and walk. It was a beautiful walk along the river where loads of Rapids and multiple waterfalls ran into the river. It was incredible! We followed the path to a restaurant ne...

Today we slept in for a bit this morning before going to get breakfast. We decided to start by going for a walk around the island before realising it was a bit bigger than we had first thought and getting bikes. I haven't been on a bike since I was about 10 years old but o got the hang of it pretty quick and only crashed twice without hurting myself! We spent the afternoon riding around the whole island before stopping at a few of the places along the sunset sid...

Today was our first day of travel for a while! We were down at reception at 7.15 and had a quick breakfast before a tuk tuk picked us up around 7.45 and took us to the bus company's office. Here the guy gave us a talk about what to expect with the Laos border crossing, which was nice to feel a bit prepared! Then we got into one of two buses leaving for Laos. About 15 minutes in the driver and the other Cambodian sat up front had stopped and seemed to be discussin...