I think its safe to say I have well and truly tested out the new camera now. In the two days I spent out at Angkor Wat and the other temples I managed to snap over 1200 pictures... admittedly they weren’t all great and there were a lot of double ups but its safe to say I now have every angle covered!! Now its been really hard to choose which ones to include and which ones to leave out so I have put a small collection together for you that will hopefully give you a good summary of all the other temples in the area. As you'll see some of them are amazing and in my humble opinion even better than the great 'Angkor Wat'. I know thats a big call but go there and you'll ... read more

And what a pleasant surprise it was to find Sihanoukville (Which I still can't say properly!) after Phnom Phen at the end of the rainbow/country. It's basically Cambodia's version of southern Thailand and rightly so. After spending nearly 6 weeks inland it was great to get back to the ocean again. There are some great beaches there, even greater sunsets and nice selection of good food to choose from. Well worth a visit, just make sure you check out some of the other beaches and islands in the area too if you decided to go, there even better! Two things in particular stood out for me about this beachside town and unfortunately they were both bad! Now, don't get me wrong as it’s a great little town but there was rubbish everywhere (even on the beautiful ... read more

In case your all wondering, yes that sunset was as good as it looked. In fact it basically looked like that every night... I was amazing. As soon as I arrived on Don Det which is basically a tiny little backpackers island amongst the 4000 Islands in Laos, I got a hot tip to head to the west side of the island for the best huts... basically because of the sunsets. A boy, it did not disappoint. I spent a lovely four days and nights on Don Det and once again it was one of those places 'you had to want to go to' as there was't much else around. It just on the Laos side of the boarder between it and Cambodia and about 3 hrs south of Pakse. Apparently it’s also one of the ... read more

Laos is really starting to grow on me. It has loads of potential long term and it’s also a really beautiful country, well worth visiting.. It’s really opened up to tourists in the last 10 years and fingers crossed we don’t all F*&K it up (in the process of trying enjoying it) like we have with most of the other hot spots around the world already! Vientiane is the capital of Laos and like all capitals in Asia it has all the usual things to do and see. Good food, loads of museums, all types of accommodation and about a million motor bikes running around the streets! I was only there for two nights and three days buts that’s enough to see all the main stuff and get a feel for it. Most people I talked ... read more

Good news! I now have one of those 'crazy' bus stories that every backpacker seems to end up with at some point. You know the ones with chickens on the roof, washing machines strapped to the back of the bus and bags of rice strategically placed all through the cabin... At the last minute myself and some other backpackers (infact about 20 of us) all decided to ditch the 2 day slow boat trip down the Meekong into Laos and take a 12 hour bus ride instead.. bascially we were all sick of traveling all the time and it was quicker. As it turns out it was a great bus ride even though it was crazy (partially due to the 4 bottles of whisly a few of us shared) but mainly due the fact we got ... read more