He only went out for some milk A blurb of monstrous proportions - it was only supposed to be a couple of lines and the odd photo.

Gallery: Battambang to Phnom Penh to Kampot

CAMBODIA | Friday, 2 Mar 2007 | Photo Gallery

Battambang to Phnom Penh to Kampot

CAMBODIA | Monday, 26 Feb 2007 | Views [1961] | Comments [1]

It's an uneventful bus journey to Phnom Penh, I'm too late to travel straight to Kampot so i spend my time eating and shopping (for nothing, Bob is too heavy with books).  I still don't like Phnom Penh and i keep getting told my other travellers that ... Read more >

Gallery: Boat to Battambang

CAMBODIA | Thursday, 22 Feb 2007 | Photo Gallery

Boat to Battambang

CAMBODIA | Thursday, 22 Feb 2007 | Views [1113] | Comments [1]

Perhaps the best boat ride to do in Cambodia says my guidebook, a leisurely cruise through a protected bird sanctuary.  I'm led to believe it should take 5 hours, the couple on the boat next to me think 9 and somebody else had heard 7. Hmmm.  The reality ... Read more >

Angkor Wat

CAMBODIA | Tuesday, 20 Feb 2007 | Views [1121]

Finally i get to go to Angkor Wat.  The reflection of that famous vista in the water...you judge for yourself whether it was worth it.

Tags: ruins

Gallery: Angkor Wat

CAMBODIA | Tuesday, 20 Feb 2007 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Siem Reap and a lot of Angkor Temples

CAMBODIA | Tuesday, 20 Feb 2007 | Photo Gallery

Siem Reap and Angkor Wat

CAMBODIA | Sunday, 18 Feb 2007 | Views [3878] | Comments [1]

A 6.5 hour bus journey at the back of the bus.  You don't want to be at the front because that's where you will die, and you don't want to be at the back because that's where i had no leg room and you get the most bumps.  Lets say i was glad to arrive ... Read more >

Phnom Penh and The Killing Fields

CAMBODIA | Thursday, 15 Feb 2007 | Views [1346]

The capital of Cambodia and the heart of many an atrocity.  I feel a bit like a voyeur, my main reason for visiting is to see the Tuol Sleng - Museum of Genocidal Crime and the killing fields.  It's a sobering experience, even the bad English on the ... Read more >

Into Cambodia and Kratie

CAMBODIA | Thursday, 15 Feb 2007 | Views [1349]

I had planned to go to Virachay National Park in the Ratanakiri province.  I get to Stung Treng in a packed minivan, having endured bumpy roads and border officials who need overtime payments.  Although three in the bus are Irish it isn't a good crack ... Read more >

Champasak and Si Phan Dhon Islands

LAOS | Thursday, 15 Feb 2007 | Views [2368] | Comments [1]

I decline an offer to go north on the night bus, this group of 4000 islands has been recommended and i want to see the Wat at Champasak and the waterfalls at Si Phan Dhon.  The journey is not great however - I arrive late in Pakse (by bus with 2 chickens ... Read more >

Tadlo

LAOS | Thursday, 15 Feb 2007 | Views [1258]

So i changed my mind and decided to go to Tadlo to go and play with the elephants in the Bolaven plateau - they have great Arabica coffee and French baguettes and I'm hungry. It's a tuk-tuk and then a bus journey to Tadlo, the bus is crammed and of ... Read more >

Gallery: Phnom Penh and the Killing Fields

CAMBODIA | Thursday, 15 Feb 2007 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Into Cambodia and Kratie

CAMBODIA | Thursday, 15 Feb 2007 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Champasak and Si Phan Dhon Islands

LAOS | Monday, 12 Feb 2007 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Tadlo - The Bolaven Plateau

LAOS | Sunday, 11 Feb 2007 | Photo Gallery

Into Laos

LAOS | Friday, 2 Feb 2007 | Views [1328]

I hadn't actually expected to go into Laos today...let  me explain: I took a late train to Ubon Ratchathani and didn't arrive their until 14:15.  Immediately a tuk-tuk driver asked (in reasonable English) whether i wanted to go to Laos.  This set off ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

A day in the life...

THAILAND | Thursday, 1 Feb 2007 | Views [1339] | Comments [1]

I don't have a lot of choice over where to sleep, and so for ease i choose a hotel opposite the train station.  It's cheap and the guide book says it's clean.  I don't verify this as I'm in a hurry to catch a bus.  Later i find this isn't the case when ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Khorat, Phimai National Park, Surin and Phanom Rung

THAILAND | Thursday, 1 Feb 2007 | Views [5062]

I gain a lot of information from my nights at the lodge near Khao Yai and so decide to stay at Thailand's second biggest city which i will call its old name of Khorat (as i can't spell the new name), and visit the Kmer ruins at Phimai.  These are well ... Read more >

Tags: ruins

Gallery: Surin and Phanom Rung

THAILAND | Thursday, 1 Feb 2007 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Khotor and Phimai

THAILAND | Thursday, 1 Feb 2007 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Khao Yai National Park and Bats

THAILAND | Sunday, 28 Jan 2007 | Photo Gallery

Pak Chong, Khao Yai National Park and bats

THAILAND | Sunday, 28 Jan 2007 | Views [2868]

My guide book says 26 baht (40 pence) from Ayutthaya to Pak Chong, i get charged 175 baht...hmmmm.  i feel i may have been ripped off here.  There's a guest house owner at the station who tempts me with stories of swimming pools and hot and cold running ... Read more >

Tags: trekking, wildlife

Gallery: Ayutthaya

THAILAND | Saturday, 27 Jan 2007 | Photo Gallery

Ayuthaya

THAILAND | Friday, 26 Jan 2007 | Views [1116]

A world heritage sight, a town i can pronounce the name of on my second attempt, and a 15 baht train journey that also only takes me two attempts to get a ticket for - it all sounds good...and it was.  This is a bit of a backpackers paradise - teak guest ... Read more >

Tags: ruins