Blogs from Cambodia, Asia - page 787

Monday 26th June Paul - Left Phnom Penh on the late bus to Kampot at about 1pm. A good reason for the late bus - we are lazy and couldn't be bothered to get up for the early one. Not that this should be a problem, the bus only takes 2 hours. Even factoring in delays we'd surely be there by about 4pm. Surely... We were the only English speakers on the bus so as 4pm came and went I looked at Laura with slight concern. When would we be arriving in Kampot? Is this even the bus to Kampot? Why do I always need the toilet on these buses? Has that guy got TWO pigs on his motorbike? Another 20 minutes later we pulled into Kep, a extremely tiny beach side village where we were ... read more

Off to Mondolkiri Asia » Cambodia » Sen Monorom By moonwhaJune 28th 2006Katinka Kim Nielsenhere we go... read more

well...it could quite possibly be classed as the best weekend of the trip...and certainly one of the best birthdays of my life...i'm not gonna bore you with details of how just minutes after arriving from PP I was on the beach sipping a thick fruit smootie and having a massage...or details of our rooftop 'penthouse' apartment at 'Eden', our beautiful wooden guesthouse situated on 'Serendipity' beach.... nope..i won't talk about the long days of walking along white sands and eating freshly caught lobsters (6 for $1)..or the long nights of drinking 'Mekong' buckets and awful red wine (who were we trying to fool huh?? good wine in Cambodia??) and dancing away to J5 and Cut Chemist(!!) with Hugh from Utopia (a heavenly beach shack bar which was demolished the day after we left to make way ... read more

Got up early, had breakfast and left for the airport to return to Bangkok. After our bus ride from hell, we opted to fly back to Bangkok. It’s only about an hour flight, and we were dust free when we got back to the P.P. House! ... read more

Later that day we caught the bus to Stung Treng. Stung Treng lies on the Mekong River further north, and is a very popular way of either crossing between Laos and Cambodia. Unforunately, not many tourists chose to spend any time in Stung Treng, which is actually not fair, seeing that it is a vey charming town. However, a pretty tight schedule didn't leave us much time to enjoy the town, or so we thought. We arrived quite late, and of course were greeted by several guest house representatives touting their guest house. We decided to follow one guy to his guest house, but were rather disapointed with the standard of the place. Yes, it was very cheap (US$3) but it was dark, dirty, and musty. When I pointed out the squat toilet to the guy, ... read more