Baanchang elephant park We were dropped off near a local market where we had time to buy some fruit for breakfast. We met Pong who was to be our tour guide for the next couple of days. He was so chatty and friendly right from the start. He offered to carry our fruit and water for the trek. We got in another pick up truck which took us further into the rainforest. We got dropped on the side of the road and began our trek to the elephant sanctuary. It was late m...

It was strange taking such short flights on our journey to Chiang mai. Our first flight was one hour, with a 2 hour stop in Bangkok before catching another one hour flight. During our stop over we went to a pastry shop where the pastries were made right in front of you. Afterwards on our way to the boarding gate we stopped at a tourist company offering elephant days out. We found a two day package which included a trek, washing elephants and white water rafting...

The hostel had a great bar area and seating around the pool. We were very hungry by this point so we ordered as soon as we checked in. We made friends with the barman who was from Australia but had moved to Cambodia over a year ago during his travels. He still hadn't seen much of south east Asia because he had been offered a job at a hostel in Kampot quite early on in his travels. That night we chatted more to Chris the barman. As the evening progressed he chan...

We reluctantly got on the boat to leave Koh rong sanloem, if we had more time we probably would have stayed a couple more nights in paradise. When we were getting on the speed boat ferry it started to rain so atleast it was a good day to be travelling and we weren't missing out on sun. The journey was fine until we reached Koh Rong, which was the other island and a stop off point for the boat. Lots of people piled onto the boat, many more than the amount that got...

We learnt that cambodian organisation is just as bad if not more annoying than Thailand's systems of stamps and stickers. The night bus dropped us off at sihanoville in the pitch black at 4.30am (4 hours earlier than expected). Once we made it to the pier we managed to find a 24 hour restaurant, of which there were a few -perhaps they make money out of how unpredictable the buses are. Annoyingly we were booked onto the 11am boat to allow for late arrival of the ...