I spent Thursday being thrown around in the back of a tuktuk on the way to a mountain/waterfall and some more temples about an hour from Siem Reap, as well as the Landmine Museum. The climb up the mountain (well, 2km) was quite strenuous as a lot of boulders had fallen into the jungle over the years and scrambling over them was quite difficult! At the top there was a small stream with carving in the riverbed. I think there was a temple there originally, or some ...

I arrived in Siem Reap after a 6 hour bus ride, which wasn't that bad actually, and got a tuktuk to the hotel I had booked. Oh yes, you guessed it, I found it in Lonely Planet... The 'budget' accommodation I had booked, in a place far out of town, was actually a grass/bamboo hut out the back of the family's junk yard (it was described as lush gardens in the guide). There was a 1 inch thin mattress on the bare floor with bugs everywhere. It was also about 40 degr...