Coolabah Resort Sihanoukville

... with 2 sets of wheels, powered by a small petrol engine. When you meet another 'train' the one with the least amount of goods or people on it is dismantled and the other is allowed to pass. Was pretty good fun and a great way to see the surrounding area.<br>Back on the bike, we headed off road passing along dirt tracks through the rice paddies. Nearly everybody I saw called out hello and waved while I replied with some of the few Khmer words that I had ...

<br>Well I've left Thailand and I am now in Cambodia. <br><br>At the weekend I took the overnight bus down from Chiang Mai and into Bangkok only to arrive on the Khao San Road at 6am. I found a bar/cafe/restaurant/grot hole to have some breakfast in and sat munching my toast and jam as the notorious Bangkok night life finished their business. To my left were two Spanish guys still drinking and to my right a couple were closing a last minute 'deal'. I ...

... properly (after a bit of Man U vs Liverpool banter - apprently all Cambodians support Man U except for this guy). After spinning for a while i decide to go for it, and light the bad boy up. Maybe not the best decision ever, it was pretty hot, but nothing went wrong and i got a few spins in (nowhere near their speed mind) and didnt burn myself! <br>Eventually the party dies down and I stagger back to the hotel (Aly left earlier with some of the guys ...

... showered and back to the beach for food and beer. our days revolve around when we're next going to eat and how much a beer is. good times. had bbq again with more beer followed by cocktails and free shots. amber bails about 1130 as her shoulders are on fire but alice stays and ends up dancing on a bar! she staggers in about 330am with many apologies for waking amber up although amber's not bothered as drunk alice is always a welcome visitor!

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... thing) - it reminded gordon a bit of haggis and really did have a cheesy sort of taste, although our hosts assured us there was no cheese in it, only fish, egg and pork...?! that night we stayed up later than usual chatting with Damien and Sara, a lovely couple from London, and even went for a late night swim to show them the bioluminescent plankton - this time with snorkel masks! it wasn't as intense as at Otres beach, but it was still ...

... for sure. I was really looking forward to a good Khmer meal and selected mama Cambodia from the Lonely Planet. We had to spend $8 on a round-trip tuk tuk ride because it is way on the other side of town near a different beach. We could not find the restaurant because it is now closed and is a trashy bar (the kind filled with young Cambodian women looking for "companionship"). We went to a French restaurant instead that was also in the book called, La Paillote. I ordered ...

... nice all the same. One annoyance is the hawkers and masseuse's who trudge up and down the beach pestering you to buy a massage, bracelets and all other matter of tat. Another sad site is seeing young children trailing their disabled grandparents up and down the beach begging. We spent a few hours on the beach resulting in another bit of slight sunburn (sorry mum again!) and then headed back up to get washed etc. Dinner was probably the ...

... it on the table before I went to bed. Stupid stupid Myriam!!!!!!!! So, I was quite sad, and stuck around Chiva's for the next few days hoping it would turn up, but it never did. :( So, on my last day in Sihanoukville I went and bought a new one. There goes about one week's worth of budget! But even with the huge cloud of sadness of losing my camera, I still say Sihanoukville is an awesome place. Defenitely a nice change of pace for sure...and a good intro to the next month!!!

February 20 - Phnom Penh, Cambodia<br><br>From Ao Kao we were driven in a trailer pulled by a tractor to the jetty in the early morning. The boat journey took us back up the east coast of Ko Chang through deep blue waters where we had seen dolphins the last time we had passed by. At the dock in Laem Ngop we boarded a pickup to take us to Trat. I stood outside, at the back of the vehicle, perhaps the only spot that allows the passenger to see anything of the outside world unless ...