Day 16 (6 of Intrepid trip) - 16th November 2008 - HomestayToday we left Kompong Cham behind and drove by public bus to the capital Phonm Penh.Here we changed to a mini bus to get to our home stay at Cambok (two hour's drive from Phonm Penh).The road again was non-existent and the homestay was 'rural' too say the least.We eventually made it to our homestay which was actually a lot nicer than I had imagined.It was a wooden hut, sitting on stilts.Inside it was clea...

Day 15 (5 of Intrepid trip) - 15th November 2008 Day five was one of the strangest days of the trip.We travelled for hours to a small town called Kompong Cham (which is actually the third largest city).Our hotel (Mekong Hotel) had riverside views over the Mekong River (which runs down through Laos and Cambodia).We then rented some bikes (with lovely baskets) and headed off for a bike ride in the pouring rain.After cycling around we headed over to an island via...

Day 12 (Day 2of Intrepid Trip) Today was travelling day, about four hours by mini-bus (air-conned thankfully) to the Thailand/Cambodia border.After reaching the border, we left our nice new mini-bus, placed all our bags in an old rickety cart.They then disappeared into the sun as we headed for the hot sweaty immigration queue.Thankfully everyone sailed through and we were in Cambodia.The contrast was massively different.Thailand was western in comparison to Camb...

Day 11 (Day 1 of Intrepid Trip) On the 11th November was day 1 of my Intrepid Indochina encompassed trip.We were meeting at the New World Guesthouse in Bangkok at 12pm.So I packed up my bag and walked over to the hotel.I had a more chilled day, waiting to meet my group at 6pm.We then meet up and there were thirteen off us for the first stint of the trip, Cambodia.We were starting off in Bangkok travelling all across Cambodia overland for 13 days, ending up in H...

Day 10 = Bangkok, Thailand On Saturday morning I left the Hostel in Hong Kong, on my way to the very high tech Hong Kong International Airport.After a short MTR ride into town, you can check into the flight in the train station (your bags are then whipped off by train to the airport.)Although I didn't use this facility as I just jumped on the Airport Express and headed off for my flight.Hong Kong was a very smart airport, hundreds of shops and lots to do.I then...