So, having pretty much found the whole of Cambodia quite a tedious travel, i was not sure what too expect in Siem Reap. Would it be more of the same-same or something completely different, worthy of the World Heritage name it carries? and, i am glad to say, i love Siem Reap, yeah the tuktuk drivers are a pain and the kids, well they are just everywhere with their $1 flutes and bracelets, but it has so much more charm than the rest of Cambodia. Even before you ge...

ok, so Hannah warned me before i left that the kids would be memorable in Cambodia. Jeez,thats an understatement. I thought, from my experiences in India and Thailand that i would be up to the challenge but Cambodia's kids beat them all!! Anywhere you go in this country there are kids out on the streets, of all ages, begging you to give them money. But you can tell, they are not homeless, most of them are intelligent, educated kids, forced by there parents t...

So hightailing out of PP, i made my way by bus to the south coast of Cambodia and thankfully a charming little town called Sihanoukville. Ok, its not Laos and probably a poorer Vietnam, but the sun is shining and the beach has a sea. I have the knack of ignoring the kids on the beach, so i am really enjoying this resort. My guesthouse has bungalows similar to the Matlang resort i know and love in Samui. Although it has terrible music taste in the bar, its a go...

Phnom Penh. s***hole. Its a tragic place, obviously centred around the fact that the tyrannic Khmer Rouge killed almost everyone between 1975 and 1979! Over 1 million people were wiped out or forced to work in the countryside. Only 50 people survived in the city when the Vietnamese took over in 1979!! A real ghostown and from the books i have read was a terrible terrible time for Cambodians. I spent the day walking the city, looking for stuff to do. Didnt ...

Well here i am Cambodia. After three weeks in Laos, i am happy to move on now. Crossing the border with Cambodia at its most northern point. I decided after meeting great people on the bus, not to stop off in local villages in the north but to head to Phnom Penh and try and understand this, another hugely war torn country and see for myself what history has left. I have an 11 hour bus journey, where i can read " A year of acting stupidly" a book by an America...