We certainly had an interesting journey by minibus to Kep, Cambodia.We were picked up from our hotel with a some tourists already sitting on the minibus.We continued to collect a few more tourists on our way through Sihanoukville town until we had the full 14 people on board. So, we thought that was it. But no....there were more .....the driver proceeded to squeeze on 4 more tourists somehow. He asked everyone on each row of the minibus to shift up so instead of ...

We got to Sihanoukville with high hopes as this has now become the country's premier beach resort. The fact is that it is still work in progress with a fair bit of building work going on. The roads were a bit hit and miss too with a mix of completed and unmade roads, especially connecting one of the roads with Serendipity beach. We arrived to the bus depot, which is about 3km from the main beach, as it was just starting to get dark. As ever, the tuk-tuk and taxi...

We couldn’t leave Kratie quick enough. The town had nothing much to offer except for sightings of the fresh water Irrawaddy dolphins that swim in the Mekong River. We walked around the town and found it to be dirty and offering little for tourists. It therefore wasn’t difficult to get up early, pack our rucksacks and be ready to jump in the taxi that was organised by Chhonn (from ActionAid) for 11am. It turns out that it was much better than some of the taxi ...

It wasn't our first choice of destination in Cambodia however Kratie does have the fresh water Irrawaddy dolphins and, more importantly, was our base for some charity work with ActionAid. We already sponsor a child in Mozambique and wanted to do the same in Cambodia. Before doing so, we asked ActionAid if we could visit their project(s) in the country and they suggested a visit to Kratie. The 6-hour bus journey from Phnom Penh was accompanied with DVD after DVD ...

As we drove into the Cambodian darkness we both reminisced about the fantastic time we had in Siem Reap and the people that we had met who would leave a lasting impression. We settled into our seats with thoughts fresh in our minds, looking forward to a sedate cruise through the empty roads on the coach as the literature had explained. How wrong we were. Lisa had remarked on the quality of the main roads in Cambodia a number of times; they were pretty good. Howe...