Geez I seem to be getting horrible at this. It's almost been a week since my last update.

So I spent my last day in Saigon visiting the war museum which was really horrific to be honest. For the most part it was quite intriguing but it soon became apparent that the Vietnam war wasn't ended in 1975 as such as implied in the history books. There was a whole floor of the museum dedicated to the destructive nature that was agent orange. Seeing all the deformed children born since the war really was quite devastating.

After we left the museum we headed back to the hotel in 34 degree heat to have some cold showers and beers before heading out for our last night on Vietnam.

Crossed the boarder into Cambodia no problem with our e-visas. Actually by far the fastest border crossing to date.

Cambodia: what an amazing place! Sooo much history, and fairly recent too. Another country devastated by it's unfortunate past. The Khmer Rouge really did a right number on this country. We've been fortunate enough to acquire a local guide for this part of our tour and it's apparent the still live a little in fear. Nac told us when we got back to the hotel that he could only answer certain questions behind closed doors because the KR are still very much alive and in high parliamentary positions.

Our first full day in Phnom Penh, we visited the S21 Genocide Museum, an old school that was converted into a mass torture prison where 17,000 people were held captive, tortured and killed. We saw some quite horrific stuff here before leaving for the killing fields. For those that didn't die during torture or starvation at S21, the killing fields was the place that over 4 million Cambodians were taken to and killed. And I mean brutally killed. For example, a lot had a bag over their head, tied up and had their skull smashed in with a bamboo stick. That night we went out for dinner to indulge in some local cuisine, tarantulas, crickets and cockroaches. Good experience, but never again I think.

The next day we left Phnom Penh for Siem Reap, a place that despite sharing so much history with the Khmer Rouge era, has a little more to offer in a rich array of history dating back to 800bc.

Our first day in Siem Reap was a scorcher. We never got an official temperature bit given what we had experienced preceding it, I'd guesstimate 36-37 degrees. Great weather for a full day of sight seeing. So we spent the day traveling around to the different ancient temples of the Angkor. Amazing structures bit to the average Joe Bloggs there wasn't much of a muchness between each one. Luckily having a local guide we found out a lot of the history behind each one, why it was built, what era, who was conquered, etc and it made for a very interesting day.

Day two in Siem Reap we dedicated to rejuvenating. Catching up on sleep, doing a bit of shopping at the markets, and pampering ourselves with fish spas and massages. Had a reasonably big night out playing pool (have never played so much pool in my entire life by the way) and drinking. Started early and finished early so that we could get up for an early rise to cross the border to Thailand. So here I am, first night in Bangkok. Here for a few days and then will be losing internet connection for a little over a week so will up date all when I get back to Bangkok. Next stop, a brief couple of days in Laos and then Chiangmai before heading back to Bangkok.