We woke up, and checked out of Fancy Guest House. The manager asked where we live. I told him UK and he pointed at the wall. "So you know Elton John?", he asked. On the wall was an Elton John picture, with "To Fancy Guest House Thank's For All" scrawled on it. Magic. I asked him tongue-in-cheek when Elton John had stayed there. "Last year" he re...

Got up early to catch the bus to the airport - some public transport is very fine and a cheap way to get around. Had a couple of hours to kill at the airport so just mooched around went to get some Cambodian dosh but in the ever helpful land called Hong Kong they do not sell it, so got some US$ instead (not that the guy at the counter advised me...

Stayed in Phnom Penh for 6 weeks, wow what a city, full of wonderful friendly people and the night life. I love to wander around this city.

Left Kratchie at 7:30 heading for Phnom Penh, the capital. Six hours later we arrived to be met by tuk-tuk mayhem - drivers practically scrambling onto the bus to get your business. Ater finding a room we had a lazy day then met some people from the bus journey for a few drinks in the evening. The streets are really busy at night with people and...

A long, hot, bumpy ride from Saigon to Phnom Penh yesterday. Lots of green rice paddies and water buffaloes viewed from the window. After we crossed the border into Cambodia, almost everyone we passed waved at our van - both children and adults. A few of the kids shattered my inital illusion of a happy, smiling nation when their waving hands wer...

Why? After a rather uneventful bus journey from Siem Reap (except for the rather intoxicated Aussie blokes that bought an instant smell of Mekong Whiskey to the bus) it was time to see what Phnom Penh had to offer. I decided to start at the local bar to get my bearings. I started talking with a French couple, Patrick and Virginia. About 6 beers ...

(Allen here again) Today was our last day in Siem Reap. After sleeping late today (730AM) we got up and went into town for banana pancakes and coffee. It was nice to watch the small town of Siem Reap getting going in the morning as we soaked in the sun! We went back to the hotel to pack up all of our bags (which are getting more full and increas...

Well here we are in Cambodia. We took a tour from Saigon to go through the Mekong Delta and to cross into Cambodia from Chao Doc. That was typical a Vietnamese travel agency tour, we didn't get what we paid for, we had to fight to get what we did, and we couldn't wait to get out of Vietnam. It was so disappointing, but like I said, very typical ...