You were right Sharon Donadoni.....We love it, love it, love it. Siem Reap is a lovely place to be. When we arrived we stayed at the Garden House guesthouse in Wat Bo village. Handy for the swimming pool at Mom's guesthouse across the road. For 3 dollars we could spend the afternoon chilling at the side of their pool, dipping in and out of the water as we started to overheat in the 38 degree sunshine. On arriving from Phomn Penh, courtesy of the fantastic Giant...

Today has been one of the most harrowing and depressing of the trip so far. Phnom Penh is one of those places I wasn't too excited about visiting but we felt we had to include on the itinerary so we could fill in some of the blanks about the Kymer Rouge period. Our hotel is conveniently situated in an area close to the Tuol Sleng Genocide museum, so today took the short walk to go behind the walls. Those of a similar age to us will remember growing up watching TV...

Crossing the border from Thailand to Cambodia was to be the first time we had entered a new country overland. Research had indicated that crossing from Thailand to Cambodia via the Poipet crossing was fraught with frustrations due to the number of scamming opportunities, so we opted to go via the crossing point at Daung/Ban Packard. This is generally a much quieter crossing so it promised to be an easier procedure. Our first challenge in Chanthaburi was to locate...