So today was slightly surreal and rather upsetting, but first the day started well. We started the day by exploring a bit of the city on foot then grabbed a jug of chilled beer once deciding what to do with our day. Having heard of firing ranges in the area we decided to visit one to check the price whilst on one of the longer tuk tuk rides which was made longer by the dirt roads. On arrival we managed to barter down the price of two magazines for an AK47, we t...

Today we got a minibus to Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. It's not a large tourist area its quite easy to see and also indicates how developed the country is as the main highway between Siem Reap and Phnom Penh is 80% large dirt track lined with huts made from sticks and mud, though on this trip I have seen poverty not quite to this scale yet. Its not what you would expect on the doorstep of a capital city. In true Richard spirit I still managed to sleep on ...

So today we woke up at 4:00am so that we could see the sunrise of the temple of Angkor Wat, the largest religious monument in the world. We grabbed a tuk tuk to the site across the bridge from the temple. The place is colossal. We then visited the Bayon a temple that is in the stages of being reclaimed by the forest. It has trees growing all over it slowly breaking it apart. Most people will recognize this temple from the film Tomb Raider. We then proceeded th...

So we began our day after our hesitant sleep in Aranyaprathet by collecting our bags and walking to a tuk tuk rank, now I don't know if you know what size a tuk tuk is but they are small especially for three western guys let alone there 80L back packs! After packing our selves in like a game of Tetris we set off for the border. One important thing to know about Cambodia is the police force and other government bodies are corrupt as are most in east Asia, so our...