We're absolutely shocked at how much a dollar can mean to the Cambodian people, how friendly and smiley they are and how hard they work. Today we visited the oldest temples of Siem Reap - Lolita, Bankong and Preah Ko. The temples were amazing; the architecture is intricate and the size of the blocks of stone are overwhelming - how did they move them?! The culture here is so trusting, friendly and hard-working. We got a tuk-tuk from our hostel to drive us a...

We love, love, love Cambodia. Everyone here is really chilled and very friendly. We are staying in a hostel called Blossoming Romduel Lodge costing £5 each per night. Breakfast is included, so we went out to the restaurant about 9 for a bite to eat. It was a bit more basic than what we had in Bangkok - basically you could have tea or coffee and eggs (cooked anyway you like) with bread. The hostel is full of backpackers, with people coming and going and bu...

We had a nice early start today getting up and out by 6.45a.m. as we had a morning tour to the floating market booked. The tour company picked us up from our hotel and after an hour and a half drive in a minibus we arrived near Damnern Saduak Floating Market just outside of Bangkok. To get to the floating market we had to jump in a long tailed speed boat. We paid 150baht (£3) each to go in a normal paddle boat up and down the market stalls lining the canal....

After breakfast this morning we headed to Chatuchak market, the largest market in Thailand with more than 8,000 stalls. You can buy anything there from tiny bunnies dressed in costumes to size 10XL t-shirts to crocodile skin. It took us over three hours to explore a decent amount of the market, and although the puppies and kittens were very tempting, we just settled for a few souvenirs. There was a stall cooking fresh prawns the size your hands, so we tried the d...

This morning we woke up at 7.30 am and headed downstairs for breakfast. Our hotel is right on Lamphu canal and fresh filter coffee is served to you at tables outside. We're definitely going to miss the luxury of this hotel when we move on. After breakfast, we did our first chore since being away! A pile of washing had accumulated so, using our travel rubber plug for the sink and travel wash, we hand washed our clothes and hung them out on our travel lines on ...