Our experiences of Siem Reep can be split into two: the temples and Cambodia itself. The temples of Angkor were truly stunning. Just look at the pictures. The central temples around Angkor Wat were quite crowded with tourists but quieter than usual thanks to the chaos at Bangkok airport. It was a surprising just how many westerners there were - especially Americans. Angkor Wat itself never felt crowded as it was so big. Really worth getting up early or visiting...

We decided to get the train from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur for a change from flying. Our first warning came from the Singapore taxi driver who took us to the train station. He apologised for the 'it will fall down soon' state of the train station and explained that it was owned by the Malaysian government and not the fault of Singapore. Anyway, the train was pretty grim, even with our first class tickets. The journey was scheduled to take less than 7 hours but in...

After few days in Sydney we started our 3 month Asia tour. First stop Singapore. We arrived there at 10 pm and even at this hour were greeted by humidity and heat. After a long sleep we were off to explore what Singapore had to offer. First we just wandered around the streets near the hotel and stumbled across a lovely food court which offered Chinese, Thai, Korean dishes, as well as a variety of pig innards dishes and our favourite - fruit stall which apart fr...