EN: The karaoke bus trip from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh was one of our worst ever, but highly amusing at the same time, it was a madhouse! For a start there was a group of very loud Dutch, still drunk from the previous night, singing and generally just being very loud while saying nothing but heaps of rubish and making an embarrassment of themselv...

Today was a mostly somber day of understanding Cambodia's recent tragic history. We started with a former schoolhouse that was turned into a prison/interrogation center when the Khmer Rouge seized power in 1975. The Section 21 prison (now the Tuol Sleng Prison Museum) is said to have housed over 16,000 prisoners at various times, with only 7 peo...

So it was back on the road after two days in Siem Reap (= the maximum time we can indulge ourselves with when travelling for only two weeks) where we definately spent our time efficiently (can't believe we went out tilll 4AM partying after the packed days in temple paradise)... We were picked up early morning to go on our first of quite a few bu...

After goodbye hugs all around the next morning we started our three hour jaunt to the Cambodian border. An hour queuing on the Vietnamese side to get our passports stamped and then the lonely walk across no-mans land into Cambodia. We both agree that seeing the differences in each countries culture is what is so enjoyable about traveling but eve...

A lot of people told me horror stories about Cambodia dealing with scams, unfriendly people, and being pestered constantly. I am pleased to say that I have had the complete opposite of this experience except for a little pestering every now and then, which after Vietnam is nothing. I have found Cambodians to be the most friendly people I have me...

Le pick-up est definitivement le meilleur moyen de transport, rapport qualite/prix, qu'on ait jamais pris ! Quand il fait beau bien sur. Et il a fait beau !!! Magnifique ciel bleu, on etait tous seuls a l'arriere ! Moi qui pensait qu'on allait partager la place avec des locaux, des sacs de riz et des poules... On s'est fendu la poire comme des g...

So the morning of the 15th we got up very early and took advantage of the free fancy breakfast before getting on a boat to Phnom Penh. The boat ride was really packed inside so I spent the whole 6hours outside on the deck and it was fantastic. I got to see a floating village and then I got to go through the largest fresh body of water in Asia. I...

An 4 hour flight before our actual journey into the Land of Khmer from Shanghai starts. By the time we arrived, it was already night time and raining. Luckily, we have arranged for someone from the hotel to come pick us up from the airport. The airport was unexpectedly modern and clean, kind of reminded me of the Budget Terminal in Singapore act...

We have been in Phnom Penh since yesterday afternoon and when we got off the bus after a six hour trip along the smooth (yeah right!) road, there was a sea of tuk tuk drivers clawing at us, however in the crowd was a tuktuk driver holding a sign up with Theresa's name on it. (This had been phoned through to him by the manager of the bus company)...

Today was a really emotional day. We went to the killing fields and to the prison museum. It was very heavy. The killing fields had a stupa monument for the victims that had hundreds of human skulls spread out over several stories. It was really sad to see actual human heads that I knew belonged to people who were tortured and killed there. We a...