Way back on our Halong Bay trip in Vietnam, we met and hung out with a couple from London on a similar journey to us, and decided if our schedules worked, we would meet up again in our travels. Timing allowed us 5 nights together in Koh Rong, and so we were again blessed with some brief company! Although we had recently spent several days in the very calm waters of the Gulf of Thailand visiting nearby Koh Mak and Koh Kut, Koh Rong decided to show us the other ex...

It seemed unthinkable to visit Cambodia and not devote some time in the capital learning about the horrors of the Khmer Rouge period of the 1970s, and so we spent several hours at both the S-21 Genocide Museum, and Killing Fields of Choeung Ek while in Phnom Penh. These sites of course cannot be classfied as "enjoyable visits", but they both provided excellent audio commentaries and written information to supplement the experience. The S-21 site is actually a fo...

...of our European/Asian/Australian adventure is upon us. And we moved into the second half of our journey with 6 days in Siem Reap to visit the Angkor Wat complex, and get our first taste of the Khmer Empire. This was Troy's top location to visit over the course of our trip and Angkor did not disappoint. This Cambodian gem was the first stop on our 2 week tour through the country. We flew in late from Bangkok and had a tuk tuk waiting for us at the airport. The...