On Sunday night, Martin flew back to Singapore for another week's work ... hehehe. Yoon and Michelle flew to Bangkok for a week, and I headed to Cambodia to see Angkor Wat, the amazing set of temple ruins in Siem Reap.

I had planned to come here nearly 10 years ago and in some respects I really wish I had. The enormous complex of ruins at Ankor are the remains of a huge 13th Century (I think) city that was at the heart of the Khmer Empire. Rediscovered by explorers, these ruins were surrounded, and covered, by jungle. No longer. The Ankor National Park had now...

The journey from Bangkok to the Thai border was fine, and then predictably enough as soon as we crossed into Cambodia is suddenly became much more frustrating again. The Cambodian border police are infamous, apparently, for petty extortion, and lived up to their reputation by charging a hefty premium to issue a visa without it being constantly p...

Our whirlwind tour of Cambodia continues. Got into the 'bus station' which was actually a big dirt yard full of tuk tuk drivers practically clawing each other out of the way to get at the bus. All holding signs saying 'free ride here' or 'best price there'. They even got on the bus and started at you. Major blag, our worst arrival at a place so ...

Today I spent the morning at the Sunrise orphanage. I stumbled across this the very first night as I was trying to find my way back to the guesthouse at night. The guard gave me directions and then made sure I was on the right track. I came back the next day to give them the boxes of crayons and paper I had bought in Vietnam. They told me that t...

It took almost a full day to get to Siem Reap from Bangkok. Even though the geographical distance is only 450 kilometres, the journey took over 12 hours! Once in Siem Reap we had a late dinner at the guesthouse after walking along the main road and making plans with a Tuk Tuk driver for the following day. The next morning we made a quick move to...