Well the alarm is set for a fresh 4.30 and I meet it with sleepy eyes and a weary body. I am guilty of the snooze button but throw myself out of the bunk and go over to wake Gemma. I think I remember her coming in at 3.30 so I'm sure she is going to be feeling great. She gets up and ready in record time, then she tries to go and wake the other people she invited. No one appears and as Mr T is here the two of us jump in, I'm not missing the sunrise. I txt Lily on ...

So the way this works at this make shift bus station is that you pay $1 and you are given a tuk tuk driver who will take you in to town. Seems fair enough to me, that's not an extortionate price and I can live with that no problem. I have managed to pick no hostel whatsoever, despite my research yesterday. Luckily the way that it works here is that you let the tuk tuk driver take you to his friends place, which is too expensive, then I tell him my price range and...

I ensure that I get as much sleep as possible and pretty much check out just as the clock strikes 12. That's called getting your monies worth right there. I just chill out for the whole day in the bar/restaurant area of my hotel, while I have my rucksack left at reception until I am to go. Many fruit shakes are consumed and I do a bit of planning for Siem Reap, followed by the reading of a book that I bought about the atrocities in Cambodia, of course a photocopi...

Elias is up early and off. I get up and wish him all the best for the rest of his journey, maybe see him at some point later in my travels. I jump back in my bed and fall promptly asleep before waking later. ----- Another significant improvement in how I am feeling, I am pleased to be on the way to recovery. I have been checking out the local travel agents to see what the best price I can get for my bus, $7-$24, quite the range, all for the same bus as there is...

I wake up this morning feeling much better. Still not 100% but so much better than yesterday, not that it would be hard. I have a twin room because the hotel does not have any single rooms and so I say to Elias if he wants to stay here. He decides to move out of the horror that is the Led Zephyr as he was not feeling tip top yesterday either. So I enjoy my breakfast while Elias gets himself sorted out. ----- Elias needs some swimming shorts as he lost his in HC...