Thursday 17th May We had another early morning, which Stu found hard considering he had no sleep! We had breakfast and waited to be picked up for our first bus in Vietnam. We have heard stories how bad the buses can be sometimes so we decided to by point to point tickets rather than an open tour ticket, a little more expensive but we have more flexibility in choosing who we go with. Vietnam doesn't seem to be short of travel agents that all offer similar trips a...

Saturday 12th May Another early wake up! We didn't have time for breakfast but the over so lovely receptionist had made us some sandwiches to take with us! I love her! Our tuk-tuk driver took us to the bus stop and wished us well and we boarded the bus. The bus company are so eager for you to get on early, yet they still don't leave on time!!! We started our way to Phnom Penh, we slept much of the way (it makes it seem quicker!) We arrived in Phnom Penh around ...

Monday 8th May We had an early bus ride to Battambang, not impressed, but we did sleep most of the way so the journey was quick! We arrived at the bus stop and jumped on a tuk-tuk to the Lotus Hotel. Apparently lotus sounds like Lux hotel! And after a small trip to said hotel and saying lotus loudly and slowly we headed to, I hoped, the correct hotel! We arrived at the pink (bright pink) Lotus Hotel, where it was very empty. I think we may have been the only gu...

Wednesday 1st May We packed our bags and headed down to the riverside to find some breakfast. We noticed a high presence of police and other 'uniformed' officials that we hadn't noticed before. We wondered what was being planned or maybe it was like this every morning and we hadn't gotten up this early for a while! We sat down by the riverside, which is usually teeming with cars, lorries and tuk-tuk's. Empty…this was odd. Literally after talking about how quie...

Saturday 27th April We left Sihanoukville at 10am the next day back to Phnom Penh; we pretty much slept the whole way so the journey felt quick! When we arrived, a horde of tuk-tuk and moto drivers stand right at the door asking everyone if we need a ride. It annoys me; all I want to do is get out get my bag and then find a ride! There's always one guy that follows you the entire time wearing you down, we had booked a pick up so waited around for 5 minutes. But ...