Once we arrived in Siem Reap from our 7 hour boat trip in the sun, we jumped into a tuk tuk and headed into town, picking up some local chap along the way who then proceeded to pestered us all the way there, which was about 15 minutes, he firstly wanted us to stay at one of his guesthouses and secondly to use him when we go to Angkor Wat, well this pestering didn’t impress either of us so we jumped out at a guesthouse we picked out of the book and pretended to go in there, he wouldn’t leave until [View Full Entry]

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After a good few days in Phnom Penh we headed North West to Battambang, Cambodia’s second largest city. It took about 6 hours on the bus and we were pleased to arrive in time to have a go on the Bamboo train that day, meaning we could head straight to Siem Reap the following day. We stayed in the Royal Hotel at $6 for a double en-suite it was a steal. We dumped our bags, had a beer ($1 for a small can) before jumping into our tuk tuk to ride the Bamboo Train. For those who don’t know what one [View Full Entry]

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Phnom Penh, it always has a sinister notion to it that T can’t describe but is a really pleasant place! We rocked up at mid-afternoon and the sun was searing down, we decided to stay at the lake side in a mini ‘Khao San Road’ style section of the capital. We sStayed at guesthouse number 10 with a terrace on the lake, now the word lake is vastly overstated and pond/ mosquito breeding factory would be more apt. Now this guesthouse cost $4 US per night and it was slightly reminiscent of a prison cell but for 4 bucks what do [View Full Entry]

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We set off on our overnight adventures in the Cardamom Mountains with our guide ‘Frank’ and his mate Al. They run trips into the jungle to see a waterfall. On arranging our trip ‘Frank’ suggest that we go off piste as there were some other tracks that he wants to try so the sense of adventure and the image of the Tarzan show’s of my youth take over and we agree. The days starts early at 6am and we clamber into this old rickety jeep which looks like a good bump on the road and the whole thing will fall apart [View Full Entry]

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After recommendations from H and Paul we boarded our boat to Bamboo Island and our home for the next few days, the Koh Ru Bamboo Bungalow Resort. The boat trip took about an hour and a half and was a little rocky but all good as there weren’t many people on the boat. We arrived and were given bungalow number 4, a nice bright blue bungalow, right on the beach with 2 double beds….one for our bags, the other for us, it was also right by the showers and loos (perfect for those nighttime visits!!!). We naturally dumped our stuff and [View Full Entry]

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We arrived at Sihanouville mid-afternoon and checked into Mick & Craig’s Sanctuary Guesthouse for the price of $7 US per night for double room with en-suite bathroom. After a swift freshen up we headed down the beach in search of the Koh Ru bar after a tip off from H & Gower about a stunning island where they stayed a few years back. On arrival on the beach we discover that there is actually no beach, just lines of sandbags and bars - the sandbag were protecting the bars. To walk along the front you had to waive in and out [View Full Entry]

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“There is no corruption in Cambodia, none at all! The country, like all of its neighbours, is commission based, that’s why it’s so easy to do things here, everybody will help you because they earn a small fee for their effort.” Kampot Survival Guide (KSG) After arriving back in Ha Tien from Phu Quoc we went back to the travel agency to arrange our Cambodian visas and transport to Kampot a town on the South Coast of Cambodia. Our visas were $25 (inc $5 charge for doing it in half an hour) and we paid $20 each to get to Kampot [View Full Entry]

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Our last stop in Vietnam was Phu Quoc Island. Phu Quoc is a tropical island surrounding by white beach’s and turquoise water and is a great way to while away a few days incidentally, the Vietnamese government is planning to make the island a massive tourist destination, they are building an international airport on the island so that tourists can fly in and out of Phu Quoc without having to go on to the mainland, there is even talk of foreigners not needing a visa to visit Phu Quoc at all and having spoken to an English chap when we were [View Full Entry]

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The adventure begins with an early start and this sets the scene for the whole adventure on the Mekong - early mornings! We were debating how to attack the Mekong (not literally) adventure, do it on our own or through a tour. So to cost things up we stumbled into Delta Adventures and a tour cost about 18$ US per day each including accomodation, some meals and with some cool activities, so we decided to go with that, we planned a four day three night trip with a home stay and the plan was to abandon the tour in Chau Doc [View Full Entry]

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Next stop on our tour of Vietnam was Ho Chi Min City itself, formally known as Saigon and fondly still called Saigon by all the locals, in fact we think it is only tourists who call it good old HCMC!!!! Anyway we had a couple of days here to potter around, it is so much bigger than Hanoi and takes a lot longer to get to all the sights. We only took in the War Remnants Museum (Formally called Museum of Chinese and American War Crimes), this museum was amazing, and we must confess brought a lump to our throats, it [View Full Entry]

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