So I finally arrived in the Big Smoke that is Phnom Penh. I'm not a huge fan of cities and this was as big and polluted as they come. not wishing to be ripped off by a tuktuk driver I decided to walk to some of the sights. Big mistake - Too hot, too far and almost impossible to cross the road. I mean there are no rules. They all just go! Bicycles, tuktuks, motorbikes, jeeps, trucks all weaving in and out of each other and hooting into the bargain. There ar...

I departed Kompong Cham and headed east to the wild countryside of Cambodia with promises of waterfalls, mountains and elephants. It's not a place that a lot of travellers go to so I thought it would be a good place to explore. Some of the road had a surface but most was still being built, in face in places it felt like we were just driving acroos a building sight. Then we reached Sen Monoram town and it too looked like a building sight with roads being dug up...

Heavens! Leaving Kratie was a joke. I bought a minibus ticket from the same man who organised the motorbike excursion. Or so I thought. It was meant to pick me up from the hotel at 7 am but it didn't. I thought that man was dodgy as he had unfeasibly long fingernails and went by the name "Mr Lucky". At 7.20 he turned up and said the bus was at the station so he put me and all my luggage onto his friend's moto and I was rapidly taken to meet it. The...

I finally dragged myself away from the relaxing Don Khone and over the border into Cambodia. The border crossing was a bit of a joke which involved paying not only for the visa but for the stamp, the taking of your temperature, a charge for not having a passport photo (they were disappointed when you showed that you did have one) etc etc a dollar here two dollars there.... Anyway back on the bus and I was next to Cambodian who worked for the government agricul...

Well the journey from Tha kek to Pakse isn't one I particularly want to repeat. I left the "Travelodge" with Ana and another by tuktuk to the bus station. Here they were selling barbecued squirrels and other assorted mammals. Not for my breakfast thanks. The bus was meant to take about 7 hours but in reality it was more like 10. And no wonder as we were stopping and starting the entire time. AND I forgot my earplugs again. The road was boring too ...