I took a Capitol private bus to Phnom Penh which crossed the border at Bravet. The border crossing which some people had reported was difficult, I found fine. The bus arrived in Phnom Penh center at about 1pm. I walked to the hotel with my bag ( about 2km) where the rude fat owner gladly took my 7 dollars per night. I stayed at the Royal Palace Hotel. The room was ok, it had a fan, a tv, a small balcony but cold showers :( They really haven't heard about customer service here. I dropped my bags then went for lovely lunch at the place next to the hotel. Where I tried to ask for sprite and got this green fanta which tasted worse than mouth wash. In the late afternoon I took a tuk-tuk to ... read more

Went to the beach in the morning. It was the busiest beach I have ever been to. The water wasnt great there was lots of pollution and about 6 oil tankers just off the coast. We didnt swim long as the water was causing our skin to sting, maybe tiny jellyfish ? In the afternoon we cycled to a temple on the top of a hill and visited a family friends house. ... read more

Went out to Bobo friends restaurant and met some of her friends. It was good fun, they are all really sweet girls. Went and visited more pagodas while Bobo was at uni.... read more

Woke up early again had a lovely breakfast and left on boat and then bus towards the Cu Chi tunnels. Cu Chi is a city which has lots of tunnels left over from the war. There is a huge network of tunnels which were tiny inside and have hidden entrances. Here is a photo of me in one of them. There were huge bomb craters everywhere. Then were taken to the shooting range where we could try and shoot a gun. The sound walking towards the range made me jump, it was so loud. Standing near the gun I had to use earplugs and headphones to attempt to ease the sound, it was painfully loud. I had to close my eyes when I pulled the trigger as I was so scared. My legs were shaking it ... read more

We took an early flight to Ho Chi Minh City ( previously called Saigon) We arrive at the hotel at 12. Ning took us to the Pho2000 noodle bar for lunch and then we visited the market which sold cheap clothes and yummy sweets. At 4pm Ning took us on a tour of the city for an extra $2usd. We fist visited the war relic's museum which was really shocking. There were images of the war through the whole building and left over guns and bullets. In the courtyard there were some tanks and US planes. We also saw the disgusting images of the tiger cages where VC were tortured. It was a barbed wire cage. The whole museum left me very sad and feeling sick. We then visted the building where the peace contract was ... read more