PHNOM PENH 22/09/07 - 24/09/07 - Intrepid Tour Left Sihanoukville in the birght sunshine (typical!) and arrived in Phnom Penh around lunchtime. Spent the afternoon at S-21 and the Killing Fields learning about all the terrible stuff that happened in Cambodia at the hands of the Khymer Rouge. S-21 is a really sobering place... a school that was turned into what can only be described as a torture centre... and the craziest thing of all is that this happened in ...

SUNNY SIHANOUKVILLE 19/09/07 - 22/09/07 Mick & Craig's - Intrepid Tour Was really looking forward to this part of the trip... as we were finally going to my favourite place... THE SEASIDE!!! Unfortunately... it rained!!! Went out on the first night to the restaurant on the corner of the three lions roundabout... wish I'd gotten the name of it as I had the most amazing dish of grilled barracuda (a fresh fish caught locally... which even Mel liked despite no...

HOMESTAY - AWESOME NIGHT!!! 18/09/07 - 19/09/07 Overnight stay with local family - Intrepid Tour The journey to our homestay was pretty long so we stopped off in Phnom Penh for a lunch/shopping break. Arrived in Chambok late afternoon in... you guessed it... the rain, hehe! We were staying in a small eco-village, where a few of the locals offer homestays. The power was down due to the weather so we headed straight for the eating hut and enjoyed a fantastic meal...

MMMM... FISH & CHIPS! 17/09/07 - 18/09/07 Mekong Hotel - Intrepid Tour Took the public bus to Kompong Cham which took around six hour and only one flat tyre on the way! The buses are pretty comfy with air con and play what I imagine are Cambodian Karaoke classics on a screen on the front. No-one seemed that interested in the karaoke though as everyone had personal stereo's or mobiles blaring out there own music, so it just sounded like some mangled stuff th...

TEMPLES GALORE 14/09/07 - 17/09/07 Victory Guest House - Intrepid Tour Met up with our tour group in Bangkok on 13th Sep. There are seven of us all together, but the 3 aussies weren't flying in til late so me, Mel and the other two english peeps Hazel and Raj went out for tea with our tour leader Con. Went out for one or two (turns out this was one or two towers!) of beer down Khao San road to get to know our new friends abit better. Woke up on 14th feeling a ...