Siem Reap to Bangkok Happy 65th to Matt's mum for tomorrow! There are 3 options for getting the 400 or so km to Bangkok from Siem Reap; fly, take a bus straight through (approx. 12 hours) or take a taxi, tuk-tuk and bus. We opted for the latter. The road between Siem Reap and Poipet (the Cambodian border town) is a notorious road. Lonely Planet refers to it as the 'Boulevard of Broken Backsides.' As a main artery road out of the country one wonders why the gov...

In and around Siem Reap For the past 3 days we have visited some of the temples at Angkor. A pretty expensive affair really, at $40 each for a 3 day pass. Thankfully they were really great to explore; I won't drone on about it, we have just put a few pictures in the photo albums so you get the idea. What we had to keep reminding ourselves was just how old these buildings are, then you realise how amazing they are. The cafés around the sites are onto a good n...

Back off! Today we took the bus to Siem Reap, in the North West of Cambodia. The journey took around 5 hours. We were NOT prepared for what followed immediately upon our arrival. Tuk-tuk drivers surrounded us like, to be blunt, flies around s*** (sorry). We must have had 15 of them, all showing us cards from different hotels, all shouting different things and lightly pulling on us. Even when we both shouted at the top of our voices for them to back off they d...

Taking in the history We tried to look for alternative accommodation yesterday but after the 3rd hotel we realised where we are isn't so bad. We had breakfast in a café full of locals; no menu just 3 options (omelette, pork rice or beef rice) and oriented ourselves with the city a little. It's baking hot so we got respite in a rather plush air conditioned supermarket. Today me, Matt and an American guy called Justin hired a tuk-tuk and did a tour of the city...

The journey to Phnom Penh Just a quick one. We arrived in Phnom Penh after an 'interesting' journey. Will update soon. Due to leave Phnom Penh on 19th November (Monday) for Siem Reap. Also will update with Ho Chi Minh City pics soon too. xoxoxox ADDED ENTRY BELOW We arranged a two day trip to take us from HCMC to Phnom Penh which included a trip down the Mekong Delta. We set off yesterday at 7am. There were perhaps 12 other people; most of them tourists and...