We were going to go on a boat trip today, to do some snorkeling and go to a nearby island for BBQ lunch, but Therese has had a few stomach problems the past day or two so we decided to give it a miss. It wasn't sunny anyway so didn't feel like we'd miss out on much. Plus we'll be going to a load of islands and doing snorkelling on our travels anyhow. We'd got up early to meet our group anyway so had breakfast with them, then went back to our bungalow to relax a ...

Early start again today. Up at 6.30, got ready, had breakfast and met at 7.15 for our transfer bus to get our coach to Sihanoukville (we are using Paramount Angkor Express bus company). It's about 4-5 hours to get there. Quite long but actually is the same as getting the National Express from Leeds to London. You really need an iPod for this journey - bus driver constantly papping his horn which really gets on your nerves (only an hour into the journey as well!...

I've been spelling Phnom Phen wrong. It's supposed to be Phnom Penh, but I can't change it now! Sent a bag of washing to a little place over the road from our hotel this morning. They only charge $1 per KG for laundry. Mine weighed 1.2 kgs - so cheap!! (got it all back in one piece later in the day!). Our group decided to just organize today's activities by ourselves. We rented a tuk-tuk for the day, rather than having a tour guide - $15 to have one tuk-tuk for...

Had a sleep in until 9.30! Got packed up and then nipped out for some brunch bits for the bus journey to Phnom Penh. We have a long day ahead of us as will be traveling for 6 hours by bus to the capital city. First bus that picked us up was a complete shed. We all double checked that it wasn't what we were using to get to Phnom Penh! Fortunately it wasn't, but I still thought I'd be surprised if this thing gets us to the end of the road, never mind the 10 minute ...

Wake up call at 4.15am this morning...rolled out of bed and shoved some clothes on. Think I've had 3 nights in a row now with only 5 hours or less sleep - I need to take more advantage of sleeping on the buses like Therese! We all decided to let a local tour guide take us around some temples today. First stop, Angkor Wat for sunrise! We got there for about 5.15 - it was pitch black. We walked along the causeway, through the gates and then could see the outline ...