As of 2 days ago we moved out to the coastal resort of Sihanoukville and are currently ensconced in the Malibu Bungalows on Serendipity beach. My little bungalow has a balcony overlooking the sea and a beautiful big bay, as you can see from the photograph. The sunsets are spectacular (yes there may well be more sunset photos on the way!) and at night there are hundreds of twinkling lights on the sea from the local fishing boats that go out at dusk. Jealous...

Before I tell you about these 2 places, I think it's probably time for another history lesson! After taking Phnom Penh in April 1975, the Democratic Kampuchea or Khmer Rouge regime, under their leader Pol Pot, implemented one of the most radical, brutal revolutions the world has ever seen. It was ''Year Zero" and during the next 4 years, hunderds of thousands of Cambodians, including most of the country's educated people, were relocated to the countryside, ...

Firstly, sorry for orangutan again, but this is the only picture stored on this site under Cambodia and I need to upload some more pictures. We returned to the Royal Palace (legs safely hidden) and the Silver Pagoda, which comprised some exquisite buildings and lush gardens. Inside the pagoda the floor is carpeted with 5000 silver tiles weighing 1kg each and there is a life-sized Buddha made of solid gold and decorated with 9584 diamonds, the largest weighi...

Not very impressed with Battambang, so decided to leave the very next day (Sunday) and being the intrepid travellers that we are, Maria and I decided to venture down to the market place to find a taxi to take us the 4 hours to Phnom Penh. No sooner had we arrived there than we were overwhelmed with drivers offering to take us at well over the asking price. When we started haggling we were met with guffaws of laughter and before long the entire market seemed to ...

Not much to say about Battambang, except that the toilet in our room absolutely reeked and brought back horrible images of India. So, because of this I thought we could have a general waffle postcard about nothing much in particular. Having seen all the temples we wanted to and exhausted nearly all the bars in Siem Reap, we decided to head on out to Battambang on the 0600 boat. This being the case, the previous night was probably not the best time to stay ...