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...

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...

Phnom Penh I found myself a dorm room in a hostel near the riverfront. Expensive for a dorm room at $9 a night, but lovely. Huge room, with big beds. Clean sheets each day, a nice en-suite bathroom, air conditioning, and cages for bags. After taking a wander around the riverfront area, and dining at a nice little cafe, I explored some more of the city. I visited the royal palace (see pic above) and the national museum, which was filled with sculptures of Hindu ...