So I'm up early to get to the Royal Palace. I get my free breakfast from the hostel and jump on the back of a bike. I ask him for the palace, he says he knows, then he takes me to a hotel. I try to explain in my most simple English that I want to go to the palace. I give him directions and as we draw close he raises one hand in the air 'ahhhh the Royal Palace' I tap him on the shoulder, well done buddy. On one of the corners there are police. My driver just stops...

Decide that I'm going to do something today. So we decide to take the city tour that includes the killing fields. We arrange with the hostel and we jump in the back of the tuk tuk. First stop is S21, which is a school in central Phnom Penh. Quick run down of the history. The Khmer Rouge were the political group in power, in 1975. Pol Pot was the leader and decided to return Cambodia to a pagan state. No private property, everyone works for the state, the idea to ...

As if yesterday morning wasn't bad enough, today we are woken up to be told that there are no more beds in the hostel and that we have to check out. Brilliant. So up, dressed and packed, Elias has scoped out somewhere that has good reviews so we bundle our gear in to a tuk tuk and off we go. ----- First ting we notice about the place is just how friendly the people are. So much nicer than the ones at the previous hostel. We check out the room and decide to stay...

I get woken up early by the AC being turned off. Apparently it only operates from 6pm to 10am, so you pay extra for an AC dorm, but don't get AC, brilliant! I could really have done with some more sleep today, but it doesn't look like that is going to happen. So I trail myself up and decide that I probably need a shower, based on the fact I am still wearing my clothes from yesterday. ----- We head out to try and change some of our Vietnamese Dong, it's not goin...

So the day is here. Hitch hiking time. I am excited to see how this is going to pan out. I mean Elias has come from France to Vietnam, only having paid a couple of times for transport, so it must be possible. He has a 'magic piece of paper' explaining in Vietnamese what he is doing and asking for a free lift courtesy of google translate, it's not perfect, but it is funny. All checked out and ready to go. The plan is to get a bus out of the centre on to the main r...