Our short trip to Cambodia only lasted 4 days.... We flew in to Siem Reap where we managed to get conned (by an airport official!!) for the first time and where we had a tuk tuk waiting for us. After piling our bags and ourselves in to the confined space we set off to our hostel. The traffic in Cambodia is insane, with Sam's exclamations of "oh my lord" every 30 seconds and the lorries overtaking us just that little too closely I decided it was better not to look.

We stayed at the Siem Reap Hostel which is run by a couple of Aussie's and a really nice place to stay. Very clean, with a pool and giant Connect 4, free internet and friendly staff would definately recommend it. As we only had limited time we went out to see the temples straightaway starting with Angkor Wat.

Angkor Wat is the reason I wanted to come to Cambodia and it didn't disappoint. Built in the 12th century its dilapidated but still very impressive. After spending some time wandering around here we rejoined our tuk tuk man and went on to see Bayon which is another must and the Leper King and Elephant terraces. Around this point, after walking for a good few hours in the blistering sun we decided it was time to head back to the pool and a cold drink.

Sam was already starting to tire of the temples by the 2nd day but I insisted we go out and see some more. We saw Angkor Thom and Preah Khan which I would say you should see and some other smaller temples which although all amazing we were beginning to become very templed out. With the dust and the heat getting to us we decided to call it a day. Out tuk tuk man didn't seem to understand why we didn't want to continue but he took us back where we played giant connect 4 and went for a drink with some people in the hostel.

On our last day we went to the Landmine Museum. Really interesting and definately worth a visit. Its run by a guy in his 30's who used to lay landmines for the Khmer Rouge (from the age of 10!) who then defected to the Vietnamese Army. He knows a whole lot about landmines and has killed and injured a lot of people but now he dedicates his life to finding the active landmines around Cambodia's countryside and de-activating them. He has defused tens of thousands of the horrid things and takes in children that have been affected by the bombs. Whats hard to believe and a really nasty thought is that there are still approx 6 million unexploded landmines in Cambodia.

Our last night in Siem Reap was spent on the town, we went to the night market and then to a restaurant called Dead Fish. Such a cool place, great food in a loft setting where you can get low tables so you are sat on the floor cushions while eating your dinner. But the clincher are the crocodiles that you can feed! And they are BIG crocs. Great fun and a good way to end Cambodia.

I loved Cambodia and its a shame we didn't have more time. Siem Reap is lovely but quite touristy and I would like to see the rest of the country. Next stop.... back to Thailand where we go to Phuket!