Yesterday we rented a moto for $7 for the day and bought two bottles of fuel for $2.50 which filled up the tank. We're getting pretty used to the way people drive here but it was still an experience, especially when you get cows wondering across the road. Having a few errands to run, we headed to downtown, about a 15 minute drive away. This included visiting the Vietnamese embassy who told us that we needed to come back tomorrow to collect our visa. This, a...

Merry Christmas everyone! This morning, Santa had left our $10 worth of gifts and we unwrapped them first thing. Steph got a dress, shorts, bracelet and toe ring; Max got sunglasses, a bracelet and a bar of dairy milk (which is incredibly hard to come by here!). After cutting Max's hair, we went to the beach for the morning with our Santa hats on. We left our message in the sand and went for a swim in the sea. It's funny seeing all the Santa hats bobbing ar...

Happy Christmas Eve and more importantly, happy birthday Chloë! This afternoon we went on a glass-bottom boat trip to a few islands. The boat can fit 35 people on it but we had it to ourselves! Firstly we stopped at Koh Kteah and floated along in the boat watching the amazing coral and colourful fish swimming below. Next stop was Koh Preus. Here we got on our flippers, masks and snorkels and explored the coral. The fish are everywhere, all different shap...

The past few days have whizzed by. We had a wonderful last day on Koh Rong Samloem; we found Lazy Beach! The best thing about the day was our dinner. That morning, we saw a guy jump off a boat in the sea and wade to the shore with a basket of giant fresh fish on his head. FanFan and all his family were clearly excited and all ran out to weigh the fish. They bought the lot! That evening, FanFan set up a bbq on the beach. We got to choose which fish we wanted...

Day 2 on Koh Rong Samloem After some tasty breakfast at FanFan's we set off in search of Lazy Beach which is over the other side of the island. The beach is only accessible via a jungle trek. After a 15 min walk we came across a jungle path unaware that it was to a different beach. After a fun 45min walk through thick jungle terrain, crossing broken bridges and rocky ledges we found a beach - Sunset Beach not Lazy Beach. Never mind! We found a beach bar called ...