MEETING MR.CHUM MEY................................................... I have always been interested by the actions (good and evil) of mankind; it's been a morbid fascination which I share with my dad and sister. Over the years, I have read hundreds of books recalling moments in history where human beings have achieved amazing and wonderful things but have in turn created devastation, atrocities and have carried out appalling crimes against each other. Hero...

BUNTHORN AND BIKES.................. The day before we left Siem reap we were advised by the guest house to take a 'mystery tour' on the back of motor bikes. The tour guide was a lovely guy called 'Bunthorn' (Bun). He was great, spoke beautiful English had an enormous smile, laughed at his own jokes had a very happy face and was incredibly knowledgeable about the history of Cambodia and the local area. So off we went and as the name suggests we had no ide...

INDIANA OLIVER AND THE TEMPLES OF DOOM!! We had been warned and had read about the chaos and scams at the Thai/Cambodian border so we felt we were on our guard and well prepared not to take any nonsense. The posh, air con and spacious leather seated minibus picked us up at our bungalow and drove about 3 miles down the road towards the port then stopped next to a rubbish dump. We were told to get out of the bus and board another one which we duly did only to...