23rd October Arrived in Siem Reap to be bombarded by Tuk Tuk drivers. With a lack of sleep from the sleeper bus, we were not in the mood to be messed with. We checked in at the hostel before heading to the local market.....yes another one!! Siem Reap is a great market with trinkets a plenty. Katie (our aussie pal) seems to have a fetish for bags, and after buying her fourth within the space of an hour, we knew we should intervene. This market is certainly the pl...

Woke up in the Magic Sponge, a great hotel and cheapest room we have stayed in yet. We decided to explore Kampot by bike, and with my map in hand (I'm getting rather good at cycling and map reading at the same time) we set off. Kampot is like a French colonial town, and everything seems very traditional here. It was nice to see a market whose purpose it was for the locals to get their food from, even if the raw meat smell hanging is starting to turn our stomachs,...

12th October We visited the bookworm in Ho Chi Minh for my last taste of marmite,and Carly's last sip of a proper Yorkshire brew for a while, then spent an hour just soaking up Vietnam until our bus arrived to take us to Phnom Penh, Cambodia. According to our hostel, this bus will have wifi although if I'm honest, I'd just be happy with a toilet... The Cambodia/Vietnam was the easiest border we have crossed by land so far, so quick! We arrived in Phnom Penh at ...