SIEM REAP 14TH - 16TH JANUARY 2007 Visitors come to Siem Reap to visit 'Ankor', and as Ankor is becoming more and more popular on the world travel map right now, Siem Reap is becoming busier and more alive. Ankor Wat is only 6km from Siem Reap so it make for a perfect base. The town itself is vert attractive with lots of guesthouses and plentiful bars and resturants. Our second day we went to Ankor, You can buy a one, three, or seven day pass. One day was $20 a...

KRATIE 8TH - 12TH JANUARY 2007 After stopping in Phnom Penh for two nights we hired an XR-250 for four days to go off on our own little mission. We left Phnom Penh north on the main highway to Kratie, 348km, stopping the night in Kompong Cham, a good half way point. This road is now surfaced making for a smooth ride. Kompong Cham is a quiet town spread along the bank of the Mekong River. There is not a lot to see but it made for a peaceful stop for the night. ...

PHNOM PENH 6TH-8TH JANUARY 2007We got a rickity bus, five hours, back to Phnom Penh and took a room in 'Narin 2' for $5 a night.Phnom Penh is quite confusing at first glance. Parts of it, for example Riverside, are very beautiful where other parts are chaotic and charmless. Its a huge city and i think you would need to spend some time here to get a real love for it, but as most tourist attractions are low-key many traverllers spend only a short time. It i...

KAMPOT 4TH-6TH JANUARY 2007 There are no buses traverlling from Sihanoukville to Kampot so we had to take a share taxi. The taxi being a Nissan Bluebird and the share being eight adults squashed in a car for two hours! Kampot is a sleepy riverside town and is well known for producing some of the best pepper in the region. We found a room at Blissful Guesthouse which was great and only $4US a night. On the 5th we hired another XR250 to visit Boker. Boker Nation...

SIHANOUKVILLE 30TH DECEMBER - 4TH JANUARY 2007 After our Mekong Delta trip we only stopped in Phnom Penh for the night as we wanted to get to Sihanoukville for new years eve to be on a beach. We left early on the 30th december by bus, four hours in all. The big attraction of Sihanoukville are the four palm-fringed, white-sand beaches ringing the headland. The most popular strip being the northern end of Occheuteal Beach, nicknamed Serendipity Beach, to the sout...