During our time in Asia we came across various scams, some we fell for and some we didn’t. We didn’t get caught out by this scam but we easily could have. This is the first post of a short series of posts on scams you might encounter while travelling in Asia. We hope reading about our […]
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One of my favourite places in Cambodia was Kep. Kep was not on the original itinerary but we added it after visiting Koh Tao and deciding we should visit a sea side resort in Cambodia too. We are definitely seaside people! Cambodia’s Sihanoukville is the obvious seaside town to visit but I did some research […]
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We arrived in Phnom Penh after a long and very bumpy bus ride from Siem Reap. After miles of barren countryside, rice fields, tiny ramshackle villages and some hairy overtaking manoeuvres we rolled into the Capital around 5pm (8 hours after we’d set out). Phnom Penh is a bustling city, in many ways like a […]
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If you’re keeping up with our blog you’ll remember that in my last post about Cambodia, I promised to write three more detailed posts about each of the places we visited. This post is about Siem Reap, the first place we visited in Cambodia. It was love at first sight with Siem Reap. Within hours […]
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One of our main reasons for visiting Cambodia was to see the spectacular ruins of Angkor Wat. This ancient city, almost forgotten for centuries and swallowed by the jungle, is one of the most unique and fascinating historical sites in the world. If you’ve come to Cambodia and not gone to Angkor Wat you’ve really […]
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When I started this blog post I was going to write all about Cambodia and the places we visited in one post but when I started I realised the post would be huge! So instead, this initial post on Cambodia is going to cover my random observations and I’ll do three follow up posts on […]
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