Day 16 - Grabbed breakfast quite early as our tuk tuk was picking us up at 08:00. Nice breakfast with eggs how you wanted, a large French baguette to munch on and lots of fruit. Guess they give you quite a bit to keep you going whilst strolling round all day. We set off with 'Sam' our tuk tuk driver and the plan for the day was to visit about 6 or 7 temples (the 'grand circuit') but none of them Angkor Wat as we wanted to leave this until tomorrow. The temple s...

Day 15 - After booking the bus for 13:00 we had all morning to stroll round and tick off a couple of things we wanted to see in town. Breakfast taken at the rooftop restaurant of the hotel where I had, and I have to admit for the first time, an omelette pizza. Just had to order it to see what it was like. Alice went conservative with banana pancake with honey. Packed our bags and left them at reception to wander to the old Battambang train station that is now de...

Day 14 - We were getting a 09:30 bus from Phnom Penh to Battambang so we had a leisurely breakfast before checking out and getting our usual tuk tuk driver to take us to the bus station. A chaotic bus station but we found the correct bus and waited to board. We had been quoted anything from 4 to 6 hours so who knew how long it would take. After what seemed like an age we stopped at a roadside shack for people to get food if needed. Back on the bus and another ...

Day 13 - Another lazy morning whilst also attempting to be out and about before it gets too hot. No chance as at 09:30 it was already a stinker. Today the plan was to go to Choeung Ek (the killing fields). Getting our usual tuk tuk driver from the hotel it was about 10km away on some made road and also some rutted dusty trails. Trying to shield ourselves from the sun and dust in a tuk tuk is a difficult feat in itself. Arriving at Choeung Ek we paid and were giv...

Day 12 - A lazy get up for breakfast which we took by the pool whilst contemplating the plan for the day. Quick shower and change and we set off for S-21 / Toul Sleng Museum. This is where some of the prisoners under Pol Pots regime were imprisoned and some of the buildings have hardly been touched since it was abandoned in 1979. It was a high school before the Khmer Rouge regime took it over. We entered S-21 and got our tickets and you instantly get a feel for ...