Koh Kong (4 nights) On the bus from Phnom Penh I met a Canadian carpenter called Walter. He spends six months of the year in Cambodia (Phnom Penh) and then goes home to try and earn enough money to come back out again. He was traveling to Koh Kong to meet his cousin, who was due to cross the border from Thailand in the next couple of days. We walked together from the bus and found a guesthouse by the riverfront, with a great little restaurant/bar on the balcony ...

Phnom Penh, by accident Well! I am alarmingly far behind again. I would say that I will make all the entries brief in order to catch up, but Im not sure that I am capable of writing anything less than a short essay! I will try. So...at the end of the last entry, I was on my way to Koh Kong, via a stopover in Sihanoukville. However, when I caught the bus to Sihanoukville in the morning, I found that it was going all the way back to Phnom Penh, where I would have...

Siem Reap to Battambang I rose early once more to be ready for my pick up. It never came! In the end the hotel rang up the travel company and ended up putting me on a tuk-tuk, which took me to a bus. The bus was full, more than full. I had to climb over a pile of bags in the aisle only to find all the seats taken and more people arriving. It became apparent that the bus was going nowhere fast. In fact, having gotten on the bus an hour late, we sat in the same pl...

Siem Reap and the temples of Angkor My $4 ticket afforded me a rather large and rather comfortable brightly coloured bus. I met a grumpy accountant from Krgystan called Mathis and then a cheerful Australian called Nadia, who teaches English in Phnom Penh. We ended up sharing a tuk-tuk into town when we arrived, and I walked with Nadia toward the guesthouses I was thinking of staying in. I had timed things badly, with a half marathon being run the next day there ...

Phnom Penh (again) I had a bit of a problem when I went to get my bus from Kampot to the city. I handed over the slip from my hotel and the guy looked worried and said it was no good! He then, 5 min before the bus was due, sent me back to my hostel to get it sorted out. It was then I realised that the muppet who sold me the ticket had put the wrong date on! Luckily, this was quickly resolved and I was on my way. I had to try and get hold of a Thai visa, because...