The sleeper bus from Phnom Penh was horrible. It was around 400km but due to road conditions around this area we were told it would take 9 hours. Due to leave at 0030 our pick up from the Lazy Gecko guest house was at 2145 but it didnt turn up until just before 0030. Bad start already! We got to the bus about 0100 and tried to settle in although we were worried about our bags which were stored on the floor below (where the staff are) as we had read about them ste...

The border was not far from our crummy hotel but the tuk tuk driver didn't take us directly there. Instead he followed signs for "visa centre" which was a building 300m from border control. It was a convincing place with a nice office but we had read online about various scams so weren't fooled. It amazes me how people get away with the scams they do around here. The crossing was fine and there were no problems getting into Cambodia. On the other side there was ...

Bangkok must be the most mind boggling place in the world. Its gigantic and chaotic. There is no highway code and people tend to just drive as the crow flies. Although, it does seem to work, I never saw a crash and I think as everyone does it it is pretty safe. Petrifying but safe. I managed to find the hotel reasonably quickly using public transport and that was very nice (thanks mum!). Only one thing, noodles. Waking up for breakfast and smelling noodles made...