Hi all So, I guess it’s time to tell you about the Eighth Wonder Of The World. Angkor Wat. Angkor Wat is pretty much the national symbol of Cambodia and is everywhere you look. So, 4.30 am saw us getting up and heading off to see the sun rise above it for what we were promised would be one of the most unforgettable scenes of our lives. And I’m sure it would’ve been if it wasn’t persisting down. Instead we found ourselves standing around ...

Hi all So, we left Phnom Penh (with great relief) and headed North to Siem Reap. Our original plan had been to spend three to four weeks in Cambodia, but by now we’d had enough and just wanted to get the hell out as quickly as possible. But first we had to see the ‘Eighth Wonder Of The World’, Angkor Wat.We arrived in Siem reap to a rapturous welcome. There were between forty and fifty tuk tuk men yelling, shouting, pushing and pulling peop...

Hi all  So, one of our days in Phnom Penh was spent seeing two of the grimmest museums I’ve ever encountered. Tuol Sleng Museum and The Killing Fields. In between, for a bit of light relief we headed to a shooting range to see if it really is possible to blow up a cow with a rocket launcher.  First of all though, I’ll give another brief history lesson on what the two museums are dedicated to. The trouble is where to start, as it’s comp...

Hi all  Now I thought Cambodia was going to be one of the highlights of Southeast Asia. It was the one I’d done the most reading on, culture and historywise, and it was the one I’d spent most time planning. Added to that, we hadn’t met anyone who’d had a bad word to say about it. Wonderfully friendly people, good food, great hospitality. A real fun place for the most part. A country on the up with a real sense of optimism about it. I ...