We only spent two nights in Phnom Peng, capital of Cambodia. The City is vast and very hectic. We stayed on the top floor of our geusthouse which made for excellent people watching from the balcony 4 stories up. We went to the Royal Palace but were unable to go in as it was the election day in Cambodia for regional government - also meaning that we couldn't buy beer in the supermarket! We spent the first night on the river front which was quite picturesque an...

We arrived by bus in Battambang around 3 in the afternoon, the bus journey yet again in itself was an experience. We were the only "Barangs" (whities/foreigners) on the bus which was completely full and very hot. A good indication that our destination was going to be more rural and less touristy than anywhere we've been so far. We were collected from the bus by a free Tuk Tuk driver from the guesthouse and checked in to our less than $5 per room per night acco...

After a 12 hour journey which included a somewhat strenuous border crossing at Poipet (we paid 30 dollars instead of 20 dollars) we arrived at our Guesthouse in Siem Reap, only 3.58gbp per room per night :) We got here about 7pm and by then it was dark so we opted for a meal at the guesthouse and an early night. It's a huge family run guesthouse and we both feel very safe and looked after here. The previous night we booked a Tuk Tuk, 12usd for the day to pick ...

At 7 in the morning we walked with our now slightly lighter rucksacks to the travel shop where we had bought our ticket to Koh Chang. We were told the bus would pick us up from here but after waiting for about 15 minutes in the heat a guy told us to follow him..... this meant another 15 minute walk picking up various travellers from their hotels or travel shops where they had booked their tickets so by the time we finally boarded the bus we were exhausted! It t...

After our initial disappointment with not getting our Indian visas we diverted to start our travels in Bangkok, capital of Thailand. India can wait for us to visit another time! Steve (Matt's brother) kindly dropped us off at Heathrow, where we both discovered quite quickly that we may have packed too much! Flight was at 22.30 so we managed to sleep most of the way. (Matt is a T-shirt and jumper down due to spilling red wine whilst sleeping! Standard Matt). ...