After 2 and a half months away we finally hit the beach. We were eager to get the bikinis on, pull up a sun lounger and have a chill out after all our hectic sightseeing. However, our skin is super sensitive to sunlight thanks to the malaria tablets we are taking. You know what's coming...... after only an hour in the sun we were the colour of lobsters!! Well, all except for our eyes as we had decided to keep our sunglasses on and now sport the most incredible pa...

We arrived in Phnom Penh after an interesting bus journey from Siem Reap. The mix of Cambodian karaoke (played at deafening volume from the bus TV) and our neighbour eating deep fried crickets like sweets made for a memorable experience! The city is pretty well developed with lots of new buildings and we made our way by tuck tuck to the lakeside backpcker area. The main reason to visit Phnom Penh is to learn about the terrible history of the Khmer Rouge occupati...

We travelled from Bangkok to the border by train and then got a taxi to Siem Reap. The town is famous for Angkor Wat and most of the tourism is due to that. The actual town is a French colonial area and is a really pretty town. We had our first Cambodian curry which was gorgeous and had a look round the local market. On the second day we visited the famous and apparently breath taking Angkor Wat. We got up at 4.30am eager to view the temples at sun rise. Howeve...