Whilst some people in the tour opted to fly to Bangkok for the last destination on our tour, most took the bus ride. Steve had another kidney pain attack and was flaked out on the back seat in agony. It was likely the first stop was going to be the hospital again. The consensus was that we should get over the border as fast as possible. Once again, the border crossing was by foot. The bridge over the creek that separated the two countries was the most polluted w...

With a more reasonable start to the day at 8am, we stayed at the hotel for brekkie. Steve had an omelette that was quenelle shape. The chef used a small frying pan to gently roll the egg mixture into a corner of the tilted pan until it was cooked through. Out on the temple trail, our first stop was Preah Khan. The entrance bridge is very big and spans a moat. Borey (our guide) told us a hydrologist had determined that many of the temple walls were more structura...

We were on the bus at 5am to see the sun rise over Angkor Wat. This is a must-do when visiting Cambodia. The temple ruins are vast and you could spend weeks here exploring the various locations. Unfortunately Maddie forgot her ticket so we had to make a quick u-turn. We weren't very far from the hotel so she sprinted back. Our guide's name was Borey and he looked a little like a young Asian Wayne Brady. By the end of the tour we were in total awe of his knowled...

There were two G Adventures groups running in parallel since Hanoi, each with their own tour guide. Some of the people in the other group seemed to have a permanent sour look on their face, so we nicknamed "The Grumpy Group". We were the "Party Group" 😁. The trip to Siem Reap was a long bus ride with the Grumpy Group on one side and our group on the other. Furtunately the coach was a big one so the seats were comfortable and the aircon very good. We sto...

We woke up a little late so had to rush to get the laundry in and grab some brekkie. It was going to be a big day (but more-so than we'd realised). Steve woke up with a fairly sore back that was attributed to a fairly firm mattress on the bed. Most of the beds in the hotels we'd stayed had been on the firm side but this one was particularly so. We got on the bus where our local guide was introduced to us. The first stop was the "killing fields", one of hundreds ...