Crystal Hotel Sihanoukville

... s freakin' hard! The little buggers speak good English and are persistent as hell. <br><br>Cambodian women also meander the beachfront offering a variety of services: mani/pedi, massage, or the flavour de jour at Sihanoukville, threading (a form of hair removal). Danny, for some reason, thought it would be a good idea to have his nipples threaded this afternoon (I advised against it ...

... Cambodia's biggest tourist destination. The trip was a 5 hour boat ride through stilted floating villages and then across TonleSap, one of the largest lakes in Asia.<br>Siem Reap is in stark contrast to the rest of the country due to the tourist dollar found here more than elsewhere. The main draw here are the temples. Lots of them. They're like something out of an Indiana Jones film, apparently Tomb Raider was filmed here. I spent 5 hours exploring 4 temples which ...

... all day except laze around the pool which was a welcome retreat from the a week of 1 nights in one place. That night we met up with Leeanne and Paul from Ireland and good auld session with them in a local bar. We were drinking cheap beer and having a good laugh. While myself and Paul played pool Nat and Leeanne decided to get their faces painted with glow in the dark paint and started chatting to a local ...

... Jump in and see another boat full of kids so we wave and as we get closer we realise they are the kids from the beach! This Australian guy was with them and it turns out theyd been saying theyve never been to the islands and would love to go one day so he paid for a boat and took them all for a day out. Spoke to him and he said seeing how happy he made them it was the best $100 he ever spent. How amazing is that ...

... to treat ourselves as we are on holiday! It was worth the extra $2 purely because of the exclusive hammock use on the veranda. This place is known for great sea food so I decided now is the time to start trying the stuff so I got stuck into a seafood barbecue first night, barracuda steak, was delicious. Also tried some mini-lobster things that some lady was cooking up on the beach, I think they were actually langoustines which I remember from my fishmonger ...

... warm with some waves but they were not too big. After swimming for a while we got out to lay down and have some drinks. Like Phnom Penh there are a lot of beggars here. For the most part though the kids do not really ask for money, they ask for your used cans and bottles which they can get money for by recycling. There are also these women who walk around with big rolls of string which they can use to remove hair, which is really bizarre ...

... i didnt have anyone to put cream on my back oh well it will change into a tan in a couple of days! Came back to Sam about 3.30 and he seemed to have purked up a bit from the morning which was good. Just about to have some dinner now on my own then we have to get up very early tomorrow for our bus to Phenom Penh, and then onto Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The journey will take 10 hours or more so not really looking forward to it. Speak soon!!!

... was a lot better than the breakfast that was served to us in the morning. It was fresh barracuda that was caught that day, salad and rice. It was quite relaxing eating lunch by the ocean. We stayed on the island for a few hours, after lunch I found a hammock and just chilled.<br><br>Bamboo island could be so much better and has a lot of potential but it is let down by the poor management and considerable amount of litter laying around. I got speaking to one of the managers of ...

... prospect. Eventually, with only fifteen minutes to go before the boat left (which was a taxi ride and a small boat ride away) we were led to an office where they demanded to see our International Immunisation Certificates. Not possessing any such document (like most people passing through) we were subjected to a fine which, if paid, would obviate any potentially infecious diseases we were suffering from.<br><br>Our 'fine' paid, we rushed in the taxi to the bank of a wide river and ...