The bus journey from Kratie, which started out at 07:15, where we had to change buses at midday to a bus where the aircon had broken, finally got to Siam Reap at 17:00. During this journey we decided that there was no way we would be catching a bus up to Laos, which would take over 2 full days non stop, we made the very hard decision to splash out and fly (3 hours). Upon arrival in Siam Reap we were instantly set upon by 7 or 8 Tuk Tuk drivers all virtually beg...

After our Pol Pot experience in Phnom Penh we decided to have a complete change of scenery and caught the bus up to Kratie in Eastern Cambodia. This was a wonderful breath of fresh air and a world away from the big city. Kratie is a small riverside town and our guesthouse was in the perfect location to sit on the upper balcony and watch the world go by at a very slow pace, play cards (beating Steve at Chinese Patience many times) and just chill out with a beer ...

Happy St David's Day! We left the home comforts that Jane and Mark had offered us in Saigon to make our way over the border into Cambodia. A 7 hour bus journey turned into 11 hours after a long wait at the border for the bus to pick us up which had unfortunately broken down....its just one of those things that you have to accept; getting frustrated just doesn't get you anywhere. We arrived in Phnom Penh in a torrential downpour which flooded the streets. I ...