After an hour and a bit on the ferry over from Mersing on the mainland, we arrived on Tioman island. It looked a bit mysterious as we approached as the weather was a bit suspect that day which meant a large cloud was covering the top of the island all the way across. A few people had recommended Tioman, told us how beautiful an island it was and basically said not to miss it. Incidentally, it's also the island where 'South Pacific' (never seen it, lol) was filme...

We're spending the night in a little port town called Mersing as we arrived too late to catch the boat to Tioman island so thought i'd keep on top of the blog to kill time, doesnt seem like theres a lot to do round here in the evenings! After getting absolutely soaked through getting out of the train station in Sungai Kolok at the Thai/Malaysia border we hopped in a cab with two other westerners and were driven the 5 minute walk to the border checkpoints. In h...

So, let me think...It's been about two weeks since I last did this, memory block! After landing on Koh Phi Phi and marvelling at how clear the water was compared to the other beaches we've seen so far we approached the usual army of guesthouse touts competing for our business. Normally we'd find a decent priced cheap room no trouble but as Koh Phi Phi is such a popular tourist destination and so full of resorts the chances of finding something cheap were quite s...

After our last night in Sihanoukville we were up early to board our coach to Siem Reap. There isnt a main road direct from Sihanoukville to Siem Reap so we had to go via Phnom Penh.. We thought our luck was in on boarding, we'd been sold the first two seats at the front of the coach with plenty of leg room to stretch out. We were sat right near the tv at the front of the coach which was showing bizarre Cambodian pop videos with funny love stories involving drunk...

As my last blog was a whole two weeks worth of events that i struggled to remember I've decided to post updates a little more frequently for purposes of detail... After crossing the border into Cambodia on foot we boarded a coach that was to take us to our first destination, a small market town called Kratie, about 3.5 hours away from the border, next to the Mekong. One of the things i immediately noticed about Cambodia is how much better the roads are than in L...