By Simon Barnett on January 15th, 2010
We chose the luxury bus from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh at only $11 each for a 6 hour journey. After a mosquito killing contest which resulted in an 8-2 victory for me, the journey was uneventful, save for the smartly dressed Cambodian girl whose job it was to make announcements and hand out free [...]
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By Simon Barnett on January 11th, 2010
The boat trip went on forever!
8 hours in total in the end, the last hour and a half bouncing around in the waves on Asia’s largest freshwater lake, the Tonle Sap. It was an amazing trip, winding along a narrow river for a few hours in the early morning past some very poor looking riverside [...]
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By Simon Barnett on January 6th, 2010
Well this has to be the most bizarre location to be writing a post for my website – we are currently on an old boat, slowly cruising up the Stung Sangker river from Battambang to Siem Reap (Adele, this is your chance for the second instalment of the ‘following waterways on Google Maps’ after your [...]
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