From bio-luminescent plankton at a beach paradise to a magical forest getaway complete with fireflies dancing everywhere.. I negotiated the tuk tuk for $4 to get to Jasmine Valley, even though he insisted it was far. And yes, it was! A very bumpy ride later I arrived at Jasmine Valley, and what a hidden paradise!…

Kampong Cham is the capital city of the Kampong Cham Province in eastern Cambodia. It is the sixth largest city in Cambodia with a population of 63,771 people and is located on the Mekong River.     To go to breakfast, Leak ordered one moto taxi – for the 2 of us lol Yep! 3…

Time for the beach!!  There are many bus options to get to Sihanoukville.   I ended up choosing a mini van for $7. For an extra couple of dollars I got a nice small air-con van that was a little quicker than a large bus. It was worth it. As usual, when we got off…

This is a really hard blog to write. Imagine your country has been in turmoil from neighbouring countries and then a ‘supposed’ saviour, fellow Cambodians (Khmer Rouge) comes along, promising hope for the future, except………”An attempt by Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot to form a Communist peasant farming society resulted in the deaths of 25…

Onto the capital and largest city of Cambodia… Whoa!!! Pulling up at Phnom Penh (PP) I could see the tuk-tuk drivers ready to swarm us as we got off. I had done my research, so knew how much to negotiate for to get to the backpacker I wanted to try that seemed popular on the…

On my way to Phnom Penh I decided to go via Battambang..   As usual, my disorganisation caught up with me. As I went to pay the backpacker with my card, he wanted cash and my bus was due to pick me up in 5 minutes. A quick dash in a tuk-tuk to the ATM…

And my last day in Siem Reap was taken up with a cooking class.. After looking around a bit I decided on this cooking class and it didn’t disappoint.. (http://www.letigredepapier.com/en/cooking.php) I learnt to cook Amok. Well worth it! Our cooking class included a trip to the markets, and while I had been there countless times…

Today I used up my third and last stamp to see the Angkor Temples. I really wanted to see the temples on bike this time, so I hired a bike from a corner shop for a few dollars and was on my way. The road to the temples is really easy to follow and there…

Lucky I love to live dangerously 🙂 Up and early, a taxi pulls up to the front door of Downtown, and Rocky, an American lady, a couple from Holland and I all pile in – destination = Prasat Preah Vihear Temple   The road from Siem Reap to the base of Prasat Preah Vihear via Anlong Veng, is…

This was a day for chillin’.. A sleep-in followed by a late breakfast accompanied by some unexpected news revived my enthusiasm for more adventures.. As I was chillin’ by the pool, drinking my amazing Cambodian coffee, the owner of Downtown came up to me. He had 3 tourists wanting to go to Prasat Preah Vihear…