We arrived in PP from Bangkok late in the afternoon. Lane discipline, let alone direction are pretty irrelevant as a swarming mass of mopeds, tuk tuks and everything else with wheels goes nose to tail. Our hotel is awesome, owned by French, great design and layout, check it out on; www.lamaisondambre.com each room is named after a movie, ours is "In The Mood For Love"! I'm not adverse to romance but, it's a little disconcerting to ring down to reception and say...

Once you have mastered how to spell the name of the capital city you are good to go! Rather like Vietnam, it is not so long ago that Cambodia was considered as extreme tourism. The hideous civil war that saw the Khmer Rouge create genocide celluloid with "The Killing Fields", and yet more American foreign policy faux paux, is now 30 years ago and people like me, having read the book and watched the film, are keen to visit and realise my curiosity. We are mainly...