Phnom Penh was a great entry to Cambodia. Its developed, modern and historical. Siem Reap, though, is the gem of the country. It's the home of the famous Angkor Wat with the hundreds of other ancient temples around it and it also has a quaint town that's developed around the tourist demand for the temples. Since everyone comes here for the temples, let's start with these. Our first experience of Angkor Wat was for sunset. Seeing it at sunset and sunrise ar...

By the time we decided to leave Vang Vieng and leave Laos, we were faced with another travel decision for getting to Cambodia. Our choices were: retrace our steps on the overnight train back to Bangkok and catch a bus from there to Siem Reap in Cambodia; take a 36 hour bus from Laos to Siem Reap or take a short flight to Phnom Penh. All of these options also required us to take the 4 hour bus ride back to Vientiane first. The train/bus is the usual backpacker r...