Angkor Wat is the last "wonder" of the world we've yet to see. Curiosity to come here started with a gift. If you ever visited France you'll have seen a great photo of three monks sitting on top of the monastry roof, one having a cigarette! Trevor, one of my Aussie cousins, is a brilliant photographer and took the picture travelling here many years ago and I've wanted to come here since he kindly gave me the photo! Siem Reap is a little like Puerto Banus, but wi...

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...

An itinerary like this one has to be a work of art. Welding 27 flights and 21 hotels into a 41 day window is some achievement by Angelka. Especially when you consider my involvement was setting a prohibitive budget, a start date and a few yes and no's along the way! You wonder when things will go wrong when there's no hold ups on the run to Heathrow and despite lots of BA cancellations, as a result of air traffic control malfunctions, we leave on time. It's 12 ...