Not sure where I left off last time but last night we had cheap beers at the Rusty Keyhole in Kampot, $2 a jug. We sat outside and as the place is on the riverfront it's perfect for watching the sun set over the river, but it was too cloudy to get a decent photo. We bumped into one of the couples we'd travelled with yesterday, from Manchester and Liverpool. Later we ate at a Sri Lankan place further down the riverfront and had more good food: vegetable biryani, p...

Yesterday was a very lazy one for me and a busy one for Mac. He did his diving off the islands off the coast in Sihanoukville whilst I did practically nothing! It rained almost all day so I only went out to eat when there was a brief respite - lunch at Mick and Craig's, falafel and a banana shake for $4, very delicious! Mac got back about 5 and we went for beers with the diving crew. The day hadn't been spoiled by the weather although visibility was not so grea...

Thurs 24 May: there was plenty thunder and lightning last night, but mostly we didn't sleep great because the room was too hot. So after breakfast we walked down to the Serendipity Beach Resort, the big place by the sea, and booked a pool view room for two nights. Then Mac booked his diving for tomorrow and we went back to the Beach Club Resort to check out and get our free 30-minute massages at Relax, the onsite massage place. I had a foot massage and Mac went f...

Wednesday 23 May: an unusual day. Had a basic breakfast at the Orchidee; the flies crawling over the food that wasn't covered was enough to put me off so I stuck to what was covered. Mac just went for it and as he was finishing half a veneer fell away from his front tooth! We checked out straight after breakfast as there was nothing to stay for and moved into the Beach Club Resort almost next door. We were given a nice room so I had a shower to cool off then sat...

It's now 2 pm on Tuesday 22 May and we're dripping with sweat and surrounded by flies and the sweet smell of stale urine at a bus station (I use the term loosely) in Phnom Penh. We were led to believe (as is the case with a few more backpackers) that we were on a ten-hour bus trip to Sihanoukville, via PP as there's no other "road". But after six hours or so we arrived here to be told we've to change bus and wait another 75 mins. The joys of travelling in third ...