We had a shock start the next morning - we had opted for a fan room and not an expensive AC room with hot shower etc... They had kindly refrigerated our water, certainly woke us up. We had negotiated a good deal with Mr Ron for the Day and an English Speaking Guide to help up explore Angkor. Our guide Mr Saroeun gave us the low down of Angkor history on the way to the ruins. Angkor 'The Lost City' is ancient, built between the 9th and 13th century. All ...

The trip to Siem Reap started with a lift from two of the staff at the guest house to the bus on the back of their motor bikes. They tore through the Phnom Penh rush hour traffic with fearless disregard for any other vehicle on the road. We made it though Nik swears only just, her driver being insane, and both swore we'd never take the motorbike taxi again. The Bus was great AC, air suspension, TV with VCD movies, complimentary breakfast, water and steamed...

As we were staying in a fairly central area of town, we decided it would be good to have a walk, look around and get our bearings. We made it about 200 meters from the guesthouse, when I became aware of a motorbike driving slowly behind us, just as I was about to turn around to look at him, he sped up beside us, leaded off his bike and snatched my bag. Luckily the handle snapped so I wasn't dragged down the street and there was nothing of real value in there, b...

Due to Nige's heatstroke and the non-changeable flight from Siem Reap to Krabi we'd booked for the 18 of August, our time in Cambodia was more than halved, so we cut the first week off our itinerary and instead of traveling through through the south, we headed straight to the capital Phnom Penh, in the centre of the country. We had spent the night in Trat, a nice little town, still in Thailand but close to the border, after hearing that the Cambodian border ...

As it seemed easier and a similar price to trekking across Bangkok and getting a public bus, Nige, Annie and I caught a mini-bus which went directly from Khao San Road to Ko Chang, the island down near the Cambodian border where we had decided to spend the week. Big mistake!!! After the journey, which takes 2-hours longer than they advertise, stopped at every commission-paying establishment along the way, we were deposited for an hour at a dirty little restauran...