So I entered the last country stop on my whole trip with two weeks to go ready to do a bit of moving around having been based for long stretches on the islands of Thailand. Our first destination was Siem Reap home to the eighth wonder of the world, the temples of Angkor Wat. Having had quite a tiring 12 hour journey on various local buses littered with crying babies we were keen to chill out when we got there. Luckily we could do just that in our $1.75 a night accommodation with a nice sunset rooftop bar. We booked onto a floating village tour for the next day which was a bit of an eye opener: Taken out to the village on our own little long-tail boat we saw first-hand the pure poverty of Cambodia. The pictures tell the story more but we witnessed children paddling around the disgusting lake in little tin cans with big snakes on their necks in bids to make some money. We were taken to the floating school and took with us a couple of multi packs of water we had bought to give to the children. Definitely a worthwhile trip and as I said the pictures tell a better story so make sure to look at them. Having seen a fair bit of sun that day for the first time a few weeks we nursed our tans/burns in town that night in the well-known "Pub Street" which doesn't leave too much to the imagination. Not a massive night out but a decent scene however slightly clouded by the constant harassment by Cambodian children and tuk-tuk drivers offering Class A drugs at every opportunity. The next day we made the very early start to Angkor Wat for sunrise, a 4.30am start that was very nearly missed by one member of the group who shall remain unmentioned as he stumbled in at just after 4.00am after a spell on Pub Street. An impressive sight again better described by my pictures. Angkor Wat, with all the hype and talk about it if I'm honest was a bit of a let-down, a view shared by all of us who went. Although still impressive, after seeing the Grand Palace in Bangkok and various other places on my travels it didn't quite live up to its expectations, still a worthwhile trip though. We finished the day with watching England put on a sketchy performance against the French and prepared for another early start as we headed south to the town of Sihanoukville.

Supposedly a backpacker town that has a decent nightlife and beach party, Sihanoukville has not been quite that. Very few westerners here but we have had a good, chilled time anyway. Finally being able to get some sunbathing in we spent little time in getting to the beach, being once again harassed constantly by horrible little Cambodian children. Highlights of Sihanoukville include the "cinema", a room with a nice spread of sofas and mats that you paid to chill in and choose any movie you wanted to watch, a nice touch after not having access to too many films over the last 5 months. My favourite activity was our fishing trip in which we got our own long-tail boat and driver and headed out 40 minutes to a couple of fishing spots where we engaged in a bit of hand-line fishing, taking home a couple of nice fish for dinner as we handed over a couple of dollars to a street seller to barbeque up our fish. I'd like to mention the biggest catch of the day went to me with a nice full red snapper that provided a very satisfactory feed that evening. A good day spent on the boat which included a seriously severe case of sunburn in everyone's case, some worse than others, and an interesting journey there and back negotiating the small boat over the choppy waters. Last night we watched England do the job over Sweden in a packed and very rowdy bar as it was gone 2am and everyone had consumed their fair share of 25 cent beers. Today we bailed on the idea of spending the night on the island next to here and instead spent the day recovering still from sunburn and no sleep by watching a serious amount of sport and a few lazy games of pool. An early night on the cards for the first time in a while as we head tomorrow for my final new destination on my 6 month tour, the capital of Cambodia Phomh Penh.