Day Fourteen - Lazy Sundays are the best Sundays I’m currently watching dirty dirty Leeds beat Man Utd drinking a bottle of 50baht beer (about £1 and 6.4% - yeeeoow). The laydees are over at a spa for pedicures to help them over a bit too much sun today. It has been one of those days, terribly tough... For the record, we had a lie in this morning before having an early lunch/late breakfast. Soon after getting settled at Kata Beach, Leanne hit the water and only emerged 4 hours later. Renting an inflatable donut for 100baht was surely her bargain of the holiday. I can’t blame her though. The sun was scorching yet those lovely jade coloured waters stayed cool and inviting. Phuket was a little more appealing today as we enjoyed the beach but ... read more

Day Twelve - We’ve had our oyster, bring me a beach We woke late and were unrushed today. We had a few hours to kill before we caught our train south to the islands so we again took a river taxi after a breakfast at Ricky’s. This time we took it longer down the river so we could take a small walk around the large hotel and shopping area. Everything was closed up though and we didn’t have an appetite for the hotel malls so we just looped back round to the river and headed back to Pra Athit. We are truly done with cities for now and need a break. We headed to Khao San so the laydees could see what they missed. Not much but it has cleaned up a lot. We took ... read more

Day Ten - Two Nights In Bangkok & The World’s Our Oyster... It was with a heavy heart we left Cambodia - the small taster we had was enough to convince me to return for a few weeks next time. The people are lovely and welcoming; the poverty and recent history is shocking. We took a taxi to Poipet on the Cambodian/Thai border, a shithole that is infamous for its scams on foreigners entering from Thailand. Thankfully, this isn’t as apparent on the way out as they have nothing to get from you. We crossed into Thailand across a footbridge and were swiftly stamped in and on our way over to the border market. We rested with a few ice-cold cokes before taking a Tuk Tuk to Aranya Prathet, about 15 mins away. Here we ... read more

Day Eight - Khmer Kung Fu, Karaoke and Bartering over 50p As we had our tickets waiting, we were able to go for a leisurely breakfast. However, the chef was pushing mañana to a completely new level. Throwing the delicious banana pancakes down our necks we got finished in time for our minibus to arrive. As we weaved through the already crazy streets we chanced upon a road accident - a van had hit a crazy moped rider. After much waving of arms, the lad on the ground was up and away again. As we moved past it, a young girl nipped in front of our bus to block it on her scooter so she could get across the road and down a side street. I am amazed any of them get there alive but it ... read more

Day Seven - Bribes & Promenading Pachyderms The bus dropped us off in KL at around 4am opposite a 24hr McDonalds. We went straight in avoiding the taxi touts and got some coffee and juice before getting a taxi to KL Sentral. We decided to give the bus to KLIA a miss and just took the Expres train. When I was last here it didn’t exist and the airport was totally remote. Now it is much more built up all the way. As our bags were checked in from the train station through to Phnom Penh it was fairly easy getting through the airport and we had enough time for a snooze before boarding. The flight was with Malaysian Airlines and their breakfast of curry and cakes was much needed. Arriving in Phnom Penh was ... read more