HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY Well here we are in Cambodia's premier seaside resort, Shianoukville. It's New Years Eve and we have had the last couple of days here resting by the wonderful ocean before our full assault on Hong Kong and China in the next few days. We have done all the usual stuff like lying in the sun and snorkelling and eating seafood. Last night we spent the whole evening on Occheutual Beach with the waves lapping around our feet and a bottle of wi...

We hope everybody had a great Xmas, we are in the nation's capital Phnom Penh. It was a 6 hour bus ride from Siem Reap yesterday and thankfully the road was much better than the one from Poipet, it had tarmac on it!!!!! The Mekong Express Limousine bus (if limousine means "old" in Cambodian) delivered us at 2pm and the moto drivers descended on us looking for a fare. The Khmer Royal hotel is in a really good location right on the Tonle Sap river and where all t...

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO OUR FAMILIES, FRIENDS AND AVID BLOG READERS. Christmas Eve started aboard a motocyclo at 8am with our guide Mr Em So Much, a real character (see later in post) After clearing the checkpoint and flashing our passes we arrived at the entrance gate of the old city, Angkor Thom. It was built in the late 1200's by King Jayavarman VII and is 3km sq walled and moated city, with many temples inside. The city was not discovered till the late 1800's a...

Well as if anyone didn't already know it's just 2 days till Christmas and while it is cold at home we are boiling in 35 degrees (sorry guys!!) After breakfast today the 4 of us hired a couple of motocyclos (bike pulling a trailer) to take us out to the landmine museum and Banteay Sery Temple. Before we could go anywhere we had to go and purchase our 3 day pass for the temples which costs $40 then it was off to sightsee. Located 38km out of Siem Reap are the muse...

Good morning from Cambodia. Well it's 2 days till Christmas and here we are in the Kingdom of Cambodia. Our journey yesterday started early (6am) for our 1st leg to Aranyaprathet on the Thai/Cambodia border. Here we had the usual scam of "we get your visa for you" they wanted us to have lunch as well but we stood firm and they took us to the crossing and then the 4 of us were on our own. Crossing into Cambodia was fairly straight forward but a little slow and we...