The flight from Cambodia was short and pleasant. Upon taking off we got a bird's eye view of the extent of the flooding, which was worse than we'd realised. Huge areas of the countryside were covered in brown water, with only the roads and the odd cluster of buildings rising above. We partook in some snacks and juice and in an hour and a half, had landed at Singapore. The imimgration process at Singapore was one of the quickest and most efficient we'd ever e...

The bus from Kampot took ages to get back to Phnom Penh, partly because it kept stopping in the countryside to pick people up and drop them off, and partly because once we reached the city it was around 5pm and thus rush hour. It took probably the best part of an hour from the outskirts of the city to get to the bus station through the sea of tuk tuks, motorbikes and SUVs with 'LEXUS' emblazoned on the side. When we got to the bus station we were glad to get o...

Our bus set off from Siem Reap and followed the same route through the beautiful countryside back to Phnom Penh. I slept on and off for most of the journey. When we arrived in Phnom Penh we had to wait for a while at a hot central bus station until it was time to board the coach to Kampot. We bought some snacks and used the facilities, then gladly climbed into the air conditioned cool of the coach and took our seats. We then set off on the journey to Kampot, he...

On our last full day in Siem Reap, we had another early start and grabbed some breakfast before calling Vanna to use his tuk tuk services again. We were a bit worried as the flooding was even worse than the day before, but Vanna made it and we were soon on our way, bouncing through the flooded streets in and out of hidden potholes until we got out of town and were able to cruise out to the temples. Our first stop of the day was back at Angkor Wat, where we w...

On our third morning in Siem Reap we got up early, had breakfast downstairs then called Vanna to see if he would be able to provide his tuk tuk services for another expedition to the temples of Angkor. He was available and after we agreed a price, he drove round and picked us up. We drove out through the slightly less flooded streets, past the entrance gate to the temples and around the huge moat of Angkor Wat again. As we approached the bridge across Angkor Tho...