Day 6 of the Intrepid Cambodia tour took us to Chamboke, a little village south of the capital city Phnom Penh. The journey took around 7 hours with a stop in Phnom Penh and another stop at the off-sales - well a hut just outside the village that sold much needed alcohol. The journey wasn't the best, much of the road is undeveloped and to say it's bumpy is a major understatement. By the time we reached the offies I was salivating at the thought of drink, prefe...

The journey to Phnom Penh was dangerously crazy. At several times I feared for my life, in fact for most of the journey I was really wishing I had stayed at the Buddhist retreat for longer so I would have the big man on my side. The driver was mental, the roads are bad at the best of times without this crazy driver. The bus was driving straight into oncoming traffic and he was laughing, on at least two occasions we had to make an emergency stops to avoid cows ...

We arrived in Sihanoukville early in the morning all dirty and smelly after the homestay. As soon as we checked into the hotel I spent 30 minutes in the shower, I was that desperate to get clean I left my bag on the bus. One more blonde incident to add to the list! Thankfully Savath saved the day (and my hair straighteners) by getting my bag back - another reason why he is 5* Savath! All through Cambodia we had to cover ore shoulders and knees to respect the ...

Day three of the tour involved another early start - getting up at 7am early day really isn't good for the soul - we got the public bus to Kompong Cham which took four hours. Plus some stops by the roadside for the Happy Hour (Cambodian speak for toilet). When we arrived the general consensus was that we wanted to stay on the bus. Kompong Cham is a tiny sleepy little town and it really did feel like we were the only Westerners there. We ordered lunch at the o...

Well joined the Cambodia tour in Thailand on Saturday, February 14 - yes Valentine's Day. I had visions that I would be surrounded by all these lovey-dovey couples coming away for a romantic break. Thankfully as with most other things I was wrong. The group that I'm in is great. There are 14 of us in total, 4 from OZ, 3 from Sweden, 2 from Denmark, 2 from the States, 2 from the UK (including a girl from Scotland) and me. Everyone is super nice and we are all...