Since I backtracked a wee bit, it was easiest and made most sense to head back to Phnom Penh. So i grabbed the same slowboat back from Rabbit Island to Kep, walked to the side of the main road and put down my backpack and waited for a ride. There is never a need to worry aboot a ride as they are always motorbike drivers wanting an extra dollar o...

On the bus on the way back from Sihanoukville I wrote some thoughts. It was so nice to stay at what was a pricey hotel but felt clean and was able to do loads of handwashing and just chill out. As soon as we left the hotel though it felt like back to the heat and hassle of Cambodia. We arrived at the bus station and everyone was minding their ow...

We made it back to Phnom Pen and stayed for a few days sightseeing whilst waiting for our Visas for Lao to be processed. We visited the S21 prison where in the late 70s educated or rich cambodians were sent by Pol Pot to be 'reeducated' before being taken to the Killing Fields 15km outside town to be executed. Words really can not describe how w...

I was starting to think that this day was never going to arrive. Dave had graciously offered to let me ride his dirtbike around Cambodia and all I needed to do was pick it up off his mate Robbie in Phnom Penh and then get on the road. In the end I was in Cambodia for just over two weeks as I had to organise to meet Robbie, get the bike serviced,...

Kampuchea is of course a massively Buddhist country, possibly more so in reaction to the thoroughly anti-religious Khmer Rouge who smashed up unfeasible amounts of Buddahs, temples and other spectacular and priceless Khmer art and relics. So much so that the Buddah factory in Phnom Penh is still in full production to get Buddah back representing...

Cambodia's story is one of great tragedy. I am embarrassed to admit that I was not aware of it until we began planning for our Asia trip. Over the years, I have grown increasingly disappointed in my public school education. I attended a 4-A school that was considered to be one of the better ones within my surrounding SE Texas community (yes, yes...

traffic is wild. food is incredibly delicious. people are so nice and cool. markets just rock. riverfront is cool. i luv phnom penh. definitately not my last time here.

Had lots of fun today! Started the day going to church here via sorting out diving. The church wasn't entirely my cup of tea but was nice to have some familiarity and random people to speak to!! Diving is sorted, heading down to Sihanoukville tomorrow morning. Will then head to dive place to confirm everything and will start oin Tuesday, do over...

We traveled to Laos airport the next day on a tuk-tuk and boarded the plane after paying the unexpected, and rather high, departure tax at Laos airport. In Phnom Penh, we avoided the moto drivers who were convinced they could safely transport us and our backpacks on their bikes to the centre of town and opted for a taxi instead. The taxi driver ...

Had a six hour bus journey from Ho Chi Minh City via Bavet/Moc Bai to Phnom Penh. Made it through passport control in record time - we were very lucky. I changed some money into Riel. With 1US$ equal to 4100 Riel I felt rich. The extremely potholed road on the Cambodian side made for a very bumpy ride. The atrocities that occurred in Cambodia be...