Once again we got on the bus at an unruly hour and headed to Phnom Penh. Arriving at the city was a real shock to the system after the sleepy town of Kampong Cham. After lunch in a westernised mall, where we both succomberd to Cambodia's answer to Pizza Hut (We really needed something bland and chessey after all the Asian food!) we then got back on the bus and headed deep into the Cambodian countryside. Stopping to pick up some crates of beer and some 'roadies' f...

After another early start we headed to arrived in the small town of Kampong Cham. After checking into our hotel and having lunch at a 'local restaurant' we hired bikes to explore a nearby island. After navigating the traffic, we arrived at the ferry point. Instead of catching a large boat we all got on a small wooden raft, which transported us to and from the mainland to the island! Even though the raft was extremely small, we managed to squeeze on alongside the ...

Today we headed off to see the amazing floating viallage. Usually this is considered a bit of a tourist sight, but luckily our guide Long took us to a really remote village, where as Westerners we a real novelty! Our journey to the floating village consited of bus and then a really long boat ride! Howvere, it was really worth it as when we drifted into the river lots of the villagers came out to wave! our boat then stopped outside a ''floating house' where our h...

A tour of the amazing Angkor temple complex was in store for us today. As a group we decided that it would be lovely to see Angkor Wat at sunrise.Leaving at 4.30am we got on our private tour bus and met our legendary tour leader Yousah! He had obviously been taught English by someone from London, as he had a brilliant Cockney/Khmer accent!!! We all sat drinking coffee on part of Angkor Wat in the pitch black and waited for the sun to rise. Unfortunatley it was ...

After sleeping through the alarm, we had twenty minutes to stuff everything in our backpacks! We then had to face a the 10 hour bus journey from Bangkok to Siem Reap with a really bad hangover! As soon as we crossed the border from Thailand into Cambodia, the difference between the two countries was apparent . The border crossing into Cambodia was a horrible mix of poverty and brash casinos, it wasn't a place that we wanted to stay for long. However, the bus ride...