If there is such a thing as summing up a city in a single word Phnom Penh would be: boooring. Characterless buildings face the buzzing traffic, dirt, exhaust fumes deafen the senses and even the monuments, national buildings, have nothing to say. We just came to the capital of Cambodia for two things: to arrange our Vietnam visa and see the horrific remains of the Khmer Rouge reign of terror. Were it not for the killing fields, there is no reason at all to visi...

Another bus ride. From Laos into Cambodia - Siem Reap. I am glad to leave Laos. Not that I haven't loved it! I would love to come back in the future, explore what I missed. But it's time to leave. By now it is nearly August and there are only a total of 28 days left to go all the way south to the Mekong delta and up north 1600km to Hanoi. Spending any more time here and we'll have to rush through both of these countries. When originally Angkor Vat and Halong Ba...