The only way we could get from Sinahoukville to Siem Reap by road was to back-track all the way to Phnom Penh, we didn't fancy that and so we bit the bullet and booked ourselves yet another flight. It was pleasant enough, though upon landing we careened manically across the width of the runway causing a few gasps and shrieks. Not from us though, we're tough. Safely in a tuk tuk we arrive at our hotel on the outskirts of town. We chilled out for the rest of the e...

A couple of hours by minivan found us in Sinahoukville, Cambodia's party capital and gateway to our true destination, Koh Rong. It's a drinking town in as much as every other building is a bar but it was chilled and laid back, none of the drinking places had blaring music, or reps hassling us to go in for "3 free shots". It was just a town with a lot of bars, restaurants and hotels. The beach was crowded with sun loungers and parasols but few were occupied and it...

A short tuk tuk ride got us to the small tourist-boat port, 6 kms outside of Sinahoukville town. The bumpy pot-holed road at the end of the journey shook our nerves and rattled our brains despite the driver's best efforts to avoid the worst of them. The port was a single, narrow jetty to which 7 or 8 boats were moored, our boat was a smallish stripped-down wooden fishing boat, green on the bottom and orange on top. After a bit of a struggle getting aboard (it ha...

The four hour coach journey went quickly. Again on arrival at Kep, the Tuk Tuk drivers jostled for position, even if it meant bashing into us to get to someone. The town is spread out sparsely along a 4km stretch of coastline. At one end are the swanky 5 star resorts, in the middle sits Kep beach and toward the other end lies the crab market. Between each of these landmarks, there is nothing except a picturesque coastal road linking them all. We arrived at our ...

The six hour journey, from HCMC was spent at the rear of a coach over the wheel arch. It was a tad bumpy but mainly ok. About an hour in, the conductor collected everyones passports and took the money for the cambodian visa (plus a small commission to fill in the paperwork). We didn't take in much of the scenery, Jan was reading a book and I was dozing while catching up with some podcasts. As we reached the Vietnamese border, we were herded off the coach into the...