Poem Cambodia Cambodia we wanted to like And longer we would have stayed But the beggars became too much And our smiles began to fade The roads are very dusty And the Country's very small The Tuk Tuk's rip you off So getting ones' a chore When washing your clothes they dont use soap All the locals offer you dope Silk scalves and amoc curry No-one here is in a hurry The rich and poor live door to door The contrast here you cant igno...

Sihanoukville A lot done today! 1)Searched for accommodation everyone is charging US $20 for a budget room! This is Cambodia for gods sake, we stumbled upon one for $7 with cable T.V and flushing toilet, (no hot water but whats new?) Great Right next hit the beach! 2)I supported Mike and well kinda persuaded him to make the decision to go on the Snowbombing Holiday with Airzy, Bobby & Danny! Its Lee's ticket which he shamefully ditched when he got back w...

Written 14.01.09 Killing Fields + S-21 Prison First we stopped at the Killing Fields where most of the 17,000 detainees held at the S.21 Prison were excecuted. Butterflies were everywhere and Mike and I wondered if they represented the souls of the dead. There was a monument which contained glass bloxes staked ontop of each other with the 8,000 skulls of the victims bodies they found buried, the bottom cabinet contained all the clohtes that were found in a heap...

Written 12.01.09 Today cost us a bloody fortune again! We paid the Tuk Tuk driver for the day 10.30 - 5.30$12. The dollar is only 1.5 to teh pound at hte moment and last year it went up to 2.3 so everything is so much more expensive for us now. We went to see teh 3 main temples. You could get a one day pass for $20 which we did or a 3 day or 7 day pass. A couple of hours was well enough for us! Angkor Qat the most famous is an architectural master piece ruined b...

written 8th January 2009: Cambodia Got ripped off straight away by the Customs Officer which is saying something if the officials are corrupt! Visa should have been 700baht at the port entry but he charged us 1200baht b******! It was only 950baht if I got the travel agent to do dit and they get commission! OUr bus that was supposed to be a coach with reclining seats, toilet and T.V was a minibus. Everyone will just lie about what you will get although a minibus ...