We decided today that Bayon deserved another visit, and then to go up to Phnom Kulen. This meant we had to organise a guide, because the track is not very well signposted. To see some of the older carvings we would have to follow a little track through the forest, and this is an area that still has a lot of landmines around... So on the safe side we got a guide for the day. At 5:30am we left for Bayon. It was perfect! Having the tickets already we could drive ar...

We collected our Thai visas and had a return trip to the FCC to catch up with Erik, and ended up also seeing Paul and Kirsty again! What an excellent night out! But poor planning on our part - we weren't really capable of driving to Siem Reap after that... Eventually we did leave Phnom Penh and after a stressful 6 hour drive arrived in Siem Reap. The road from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap is supposedly a highway, but as its lined with villages and heaving with traffi...

On New Years Day we drove back to Phnom Penh, so as to get our passports into the Thai embassy the next day. We had heard that it was possible to get a sae day service, but this turned out to be incorrect and it actually takes 4 working days. You can get a Thai visa on arrival, but it's only valid for 15 days and we wanted the 60 day visa… Fintan also needed to get certified copies from the Australian embassy to send off for the Vehicle Import Aprroval docume...

Happy Christmas Everyone! We hope you all had a great day and are looking forward to the New Year! Our journey down to Kep was very interesting in a number of ways... Crossing the border into Cambodia was the first. We drove from Pakse down to the border, which took about 2 hours, then at the border post we met an Australian couple (backpackers, very young, looked very disoriented and confused). We paid our $2 each for the "handling fee" to get stamped out of La...