23 NovemberSiem Reap's Day of chillKIM: A little bit of a lie in was definitely necessary today - too many early starts for what is supposed to be a holiday! We've done more sightseeing in the last two days in Siem Reap than the whole trip so far!! After a large breakfast (thank you Americans for introducing pancakes, bacon and maple syrup to the world!) we headed straight for the pool... After two hours of pure chill time it was time for our massage, which we ha...

22 NovemberKompong Phluk Floating Village and the Flooded ForestKIM: Another early start, we were collected and piled into our minivan with 6 others and on our way out to Kompong Phluk. As mentioned before, the most often visited village of Chong Khneas has become a bit of a tourist trap and doesn't receive great reviews on Tripadvisor. As a devoted user of the site, I decided to trust it and go with the recommended and lesser known, Kompong Phluk. Although this ...

21 NovemberAngkor Temples (Siem Reap)KIM: History: Spiritually, politically and geographically, Angkor was at the heart of the great Khmer Empire. During the Angkorian period, the ruling god-kings built imposing temples as a way of asserting their divinity, leaving a legacy of more than one hundred temples built between the ninth and fifteenth centuries.Up at 4.30am, Mr Lim (our tuk tuk driver) collected us at 5am for our day of temple-ing. Sunrise started at An...

20 NovemberThailand > Cambodia Siem ReapKIM: Up early, we settled on a yoghurt for breakfast from the local shop and headed with our backpacks out to the Market that lies along the border to get some passport photos as we were told we needed two photos for our visa.. I only mention it because we don't in fact need two photos, we only need one - and of course I did actually have one already, but now have an additional 5 useless and rather mug-shot looking passp...