Cambodian Greetings, From Phnom Penh We left you in Koh Tao where in the end we spent a total of 8 nights and proceeded to head North. So with a combination of Trains (12 hours), Boats (2 hours), Automobile (15 mins+ 20 mins), Bus (7 hours) (just needed the plane for the set) and "Waiting around Thai style" - i.e. not having a clue what's going on (a long time); eventually after 31 hours travelling we reached Chiang Mai. Not much to report, expect the possiblilty of breaking the land speed record for somebody asleep on the bus, yours truly getting in a strop on the train about losing Monopoly - the game's definately fixed - and a fantastic sunset as the train meandered (and I mean meandered) through the Northern hills. The plan was to
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