Luckily, after an ambiguous start, I started to feel better as our journey to Sihanoukville progressed (much to BG's relief). Although a relatively short distance in theory, the roads were so bad that what should have taken three hours was more like six, the last of which was a painful crawl along a road sandwiched between paddy fields stretching as far as the eye could see in both directions. This road was literally covered in pot holes and the bus crept along a...

Our journey into Phnom Penh was one of the best thanks to my research and subsequent discovery of the luxury bus company that actually was luxury, had leg room, was spotlessly clean and had wifi, we didn't want to get off! Planning a stop here of just a couple of nights, we checked into our rather bleak hostel, headed out for some supper and braced ourselves for what was going to be a fascinating but super depressing day ahead. Having arranged to be picked up b...

7.30 in the morning and we were in a narrow boat charging back towards mainland Laos and our bus taking us directly to Siem Reap, Cambodia. After negotiating the single plank of wood with all our luggage (still no backpack straps required Clairefield!) we walked up the dusty street where the bus was waiting. Should have been waiting. Was due any minute. An hour later (why oh why do they continue to make me get up early for no reason) in the boiling heat, and the ...