6/11/9 Phnom Penh to Siem Reap We woke up and met Diamond to get transferred to the bus station to get the bus to Siem Reap. The journey to Siem Reap took six hours and went through some lovely countryside and rural areas. It wasn't the fantastic new road we were promised and we were bounced around a lot plus we were again subjected to the fantastic Khmer karaoke DVD all the buses have a copy of !! Once at Siem Reap we were met by a tuk tuk driver holding up a c...

2/11/09 Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville Monday We checked out of our hotel and left our big bags there to meet up with Diamond our great tour sorter, bit of a character and fingers in many pies we think, everyone seems to know him. He had said he would arrange the drive to the bus station in time for the 7.45 bus but by 7.42 there was still no transport for us. Loads of the roads were shut due to the festival and eventually the tuk tuk came to take us to the bus. Di...

29/10/09 Saigon to Phnom Penh We went to our bakery for breakfast then went to check out of the hotel. The receptionist said we owed him $122 for the phone calls!! We knew we hadn't made any and he printed out a breakdown of the bill and it was several long overseas phone calls. Phil said we weren't paying it and he said your company can pay!!! Some error in the system but thankfully he dropped it pretty soon and we didn't have to pay...we wondered if he was pul...