We made it to Kampot nice and easily this afternoon... only about an hour or so's drive over, which was fine. On reflection, i think i was a bit harsh on Sihanoukville in my blog yesterday... not that it wasn't a complete sh*t-hole for chinese new year, but we clearly saw it at its lowest possible ebb and yesterday we had a nice day on a couple of nice beaches... hawaii / victory and Otres beach. the latter in particular was really nice and if anyone's eer passin...

So, where to begin... A busy few days, which started with our gruesome tour of Phnom Penh's "Highlights"of the S21 prison and the Killing Fields, before we took and even more stressful 4 hour bus journey from PP to Sihanoukville on Friday. I realise that comparing a cramped bus journey to a visit to a Cambodia Lycee which was converted into a Khmer torture prison is a bit distasteful... so i won't do it. Both the prison and the Killing Fields were pre...

After the mozzy infested bus journey here we finally arrived at Phnom Penh which is much like siem reap but just not as nice - bigger, dirtier, with more tuk tuk men and even more of the cute and hilarious kids begging on the street....we love it! Although today we did have a bit of a sombre experience at the killing fields and the gencide museum...enough said really it was horrendous. So after a day out we are heading to our air con'd room (8.50 a night...the...

Greetings from Camodia!!! We arrived in Siem Reap early sunday morning, somewhat bleary-eyed after a 4am start from Charlotte and Aiden's in KL. Most of sunday was dedicated to a spanish tradition known as "siesta", as i'd opted for watching United v Spurs and the start of England's surrender to the Welsh late on Saturday night, rather than get some much-needed shut-eye in! Headed out late sunday afternoon with priority job number 1 being to call my mu...