One down….

So the time as come already, Cambodia has been amazing but it’s now onward across the boarder to Ho Chi Minh city & Vietnam. I’m not sure exactly what I was expecting when I set out but Cambodia has surprised & amazed in equal measure and never failed to deliver! Ankor Wat and the surrounding […]

Going Strong on Koh Rong

Thanks all for the birthday wishes, it’s been a fantastic day! Started with card opening while overlooking the beach from the raised tent I stayed in the night previous. Upgraded to a bungalow for a second night (with a nice big birthday discount) then trekked through the ‘jungle’ for a few km to the next […]

Genocide & Puppies

Second day in Phnom Penh, an interesting yet highly sobering day exploring the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum followed by the Choeung Ek Genocidal Centre (The killing fields) Harrowing stuff 😦 I can’t really explain the feeling you get visiting these places and reflecting on the atrocities performed here; even trying to begin to imagine going through […]

F**k me, that’s a lot of bats!

After my Ankor Wat exertions I spent the following morning taking in the Ankor museum before spending the afternoon pottering around Siem Reap. Then it was another day temple-touring, talking in some of the more ‘remote’ temple sights with a trip to the landmine museum on the way round. Pretty templed-out after that so yesterday […]

Living the dream in Ankor Wat

A big one today! This afternoon was the culmination of a lifelong dream which for the last 20 years looked like would never be fulfilled. I’m not sure why but Ankor Wat has always been the symbol of my travel dream, a far off exotic place in the jungle which only existed in the pages […]