Cambodia
01: Cambodia – Phnom Penh
01: Cambodia – Phnom Penh

Friday 28th July Got up early to get to the airport and get our flight to Phnom Penh. Cashed in a few of the recommendations by the Saffeys and went straight to the Angkor International hotel which was more like a guesthouse really and not badly priced. Had a look around and see what was [...]

02: Cambodia – S21 Tuol Sleng
02: Cambodia – S21 Tuol Sleng

Saturday 29th July 2006 Went to S21 or Tuol Sleng detention centre and the killing fields today. What was once a high school was taken over by the Khmer Rouge in 1975. 17000 people were tortured and/or murdered there. We signed up for a round the world trip to see the world, to see what [...]

03: Cambodia – Angkor Wat
03: Cambodia - Angkor Wat

Sunday 30th July 2006 Up early for the Mekong Express. Our bus to Siem Reap and yet another early start. The bus driver must have sounded his horn every thirty seconds or so. It was ridiculous. In the U.K. You sound you horn if someone is in your way, usually in an aggressive manner, shouting [...]

04: Cambodia – Bayon
04: Cambodia – Bayon

Wednesday 2nd August 2006 Missed sunrise this morning as we slept in, figured we would head out to the temples about lunch time to avoid the coach loads of Japanese tourists and their huge pink sun visors who think they have a monopoly on the best photo spots. Michelle had already found herself helplessly posing [...]

05: Cambodia – Ta Prohm
05: Cambodia – Ta Prohm

Thursday 3rd august 2006 Ok, today was going to be the day. We were going to get up and see a sunrise and then see all temples we hadn’t seen yet. It was our last day and we where going to make it count. We got up before dawn, got on our bikes and rode [...]