So unfortunately for you the Welshmen is back on blog duty, hence the delay - but don't good things come to those who wait?! (probably not in this case) Anyway we broke up Phnom Penh into two segments since this was our central hub to get to Sihanoukville and Vietnam also. On arriving into the capital, it was just so chaotic, particularly the traffic with motorbikes and tuk tuks whizzing around everywhere. Getting off the bus was also a mission with crowds of p...

Since Bryan is on a blogging strike, you get three of my blogs in a row you lucky, lucky people! We actually went to the capital Phnom Penh first for two nights and then to Sihanoukville and then back to Phnom Penh. Not because we loved it so much but because all the buses go through the capital. However, to save the confusing blogs we're just going to write Sihanoukville first and the Phnom Penh all in one go. Sihanoukville is Cambodia's main developed beach ...

Our 4 hour bus to Battambang cost us a very pricey $5 which included pick up from our hotel and AC. I'm pleased to say the bus journey was entirely uneventful which makes a change! When we were arriving to the stop in Battambang a load of people, upon noticing the bus, suddenly jumped up, grabbed their placards and started chasing after the bus. Of course they were Tuk Tuk drivers all competing to take us to their commissioned hotel. Coincidentally we found someo...

We had bought our tickets to Cambodia as part of a package travel deal before going to Don Det. We had travel to Don Det and Cambodia all included and all we had to do was call them a day before from our guesthouse to let them know where to pick us up from. Our guesthouse refused to call them, apparently they had no telephone, so we paid someone else to use their phone. They assured us we would be picked up at our guesthouse at 9.30am. You can probably guess what...