An epic 13 hour journey on a sleeper bus which included crossing the border into Vietnam in Chau Doc ended in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon to the locals). Our hotel was to be Minh Chau an little gem of a hotel with a very impressive host, having graduated with a masters she designed and built her hotel and is current putting her 3 children through university 2 in America and 1 in China at huge cost. When the last one is finished she's retiring and heading around the ...

A 4 hour journey from Sihnoukville on a local bus quickly became 6 having discovered the extent on the flooding in Phnom Penh. We arrived at the well named Okay Guesthouse mid-day. We dropped our bags and quickly made our way to the riverside for some lunch. We found ourself ducking and diving between hoards of motor bikes, ever eager for business tuk tuk drivers, crazy women with birds in cages, pensioners playing hacky sack and bewildered tourists, we sat down ...

Having been travelling in South Asia for 6 weeks we thought it was about time we went to the beach! An overnight sleeper bus and a short taxi drive ferried us to our destination - Otres beach just outside of Sihnoukville on the south coast. We checked into a bamboo stilted bungalow complete with en-suite and hammocked balcony. A thirty second walk and we were on a tropical beach, white sand, palm trees, turquoise ocean, you know the deal! Having sampled the war...

Having experienced the Cambodian monsoon in full flight the previous day getting out of bed at 4 am with rain tapping on the tin roof above us was not easy. The temples of Angkor were are destination and we approached by tuk tuk in the dead of night. First stop sunrise at Angkor Wat. South East Asia being South East Asia we were sent unaided by man or light into a pitch black temple. Surrounded by a moat and a boundary wall 3.6 km round, we were bound to get int...

We love Thai Airways! What a flight to Bangkok! Our journey started sadly leaving Nepal but once we were airborne our excitement grew heavily. Thai Airways = Amazing. A less then half full plane with a row to ourselfs we enjoyed the latest Hollywood blockbusters along with some delicious in flight food and unlimited free alcohol! Oh what a flight and to top it all off we were on our way to Thailand! Yes! That evening we found ourself on Khoa San road in Bangkok...