We chose Lanta in the hope we’d find a nice beach and less tourism. We got the former though it was far from spectacular and the latter is hard to say; relative to Phuket/Krabi probably so but relative to Otres Beach in Sihanoukville it was busy. The journey there was brutal and required emergency pizza […]
We had a 13:00 pickup so had breakfast and pottered about. We were due to travel until the next morning via Bangkok first then on an overnight bus to Chumpon before a morning ferry via Koh Tao first to Koh Phangan. The journey was a hell of a slog – while we scored good seats […]
We had a couple of days here and had reached a point where we were keen for some proper rest and relaxation. While the sight of the pool over some simple but tasty breakfast [free toast & coffee / tea] almost won us over we decided that being at the home of the Death Railway […]
It was an early start for Ayutthaya. Having only recently undertook the mammoth temple-a-thon of Angkor we were unsure whether to bother but as often happens in these situations the fact that it was only a couple of hours away won out. In the interests of simplicity the ladies had elected to book us on […]
Mr ‘Why Not?’, our host with the most for our stay in Siem Reap, assured us that the bus company he recommended for transfers was the bee’s knees – he worked in the transport industry before getting into hospitality. Having enjoyed our time there it felt almost as golden a recommendation as one from Mr […]
(Part of a series of articles by Fi trawling the archives for photos taken on the tiny compact camera way back when). Another blast from the past. Our Compact photos from Cambodia way back in January/ February. We raced to Sihanoukville to catch up with Rob & Gilly who had already been living the bum […]
Phnom Penh was a grim but interesting experience with visits to Tuol Sleng & the Killing Fields – unbelievable that this happened within our lifetime. Siem Reap gave a view of Cambodia’s ancient past but the stunning temples were pretty heavy going in the searing heat!
A couple of bigger galleries from our time in Cambodia – Phnom Penh & the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge, and Siem Reap & the temples of Angkor.
We reached Siem Reap the day before Colin and V were due to fly in so that we could secure the digs and get a feel for the place. Following the recommendations of the Wandering Miltionian – RRRRobbie Kershaw we’d secured rooms at Angkor Wonder run by a chap known as Mr ‘Why Not?’ While […]