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 ...

BANGKOK Shanti Lodge 400baht (around 6.45) for double room with air con After a crazy morning of last minute packing mel and I set off on the 10th Sept, arriving in Bangkok on the 11th. Grabbed ourselves a bright pink taxi to the lovely Shanti Lodge and after all the travel just crashed out. Ate some great food in the hotel and crashed out... again! Had my first meetings with the local beasties... cockroaches and ghecko's... I like the ghecko's but still not...