Monday, 18th July 2016 Sometimes you meet someone who endangers your existence on this planet. I met one this morning when a Jason King moustache-man introduced himself as our driver / potential assassin. He was tasked with getting us safely and reasonably swiftly from Otres to Phnom Penh. His aim however was to get us there with the minimum focus on safety and the maximum focus on swiftness. Could he get there in under 3 hours? He was going to try! Sitting next ...

I am starting to write this part of the blog as we are travelling on the seven hour plus bus ride from Phnom Penh to Cambodia. Wednesday, 13th July - Sunday, 19th July Otres 2, Sihanoukville After another early morning departure from the Sarai Resort at Siem Reap, we were in the air just after 11a.m. and touched down less than an hour later at Sihanoukville airport. If we had tried to do this by bus, it would have taken us maybe 15 hours via Phnom Penh, if we wer...

Sunday, 10th July 2016 For those who might consider going to Cambodia on holiday as too much of a risk, I do think that you should think again as not only is there so much to see and do but the quality of the hotels and restaurants is excellent and the price of the nuts and bolts of a holiday here is very, very reasonable contrasted with more established destinations. For example, if you hire a tuk-tuk driver in the early afternoon to take you 30km or so to an ou...

Friday, 8th July 2016 The fact that it is only now as we are sitting in Siem Reap airport departure lounge that I'm able to start to write about our time in Siem Reap says a lot about how busy we've been here. We've had a brilliant time and I would highly recommend visiting the city and its surrounding area. The city reminds me of Chiang Mai some twenty five years or so ago. It is not too big, the people are very friendly and there's plenty of more than interesti...