Cambodia gave us such an insight into its culture that it felt like moving straight into Vietnam would keep up the momentum. We started with the city of Sai Gon, the former capital of Southern Vietnam until its fall in 1975 resulting in the end of the Vietnam War. The resulting unification of the North … Continue reading Ho Chi Minh City →

After learning a little bit about the Khmer Rouge, one of the main cities that came up was Phnom Penh. This was largely due to the huge evacuation of the city in 1975, right after America removed its presence from Cambodia. It was at this time that the Khmer Rouge began their uprising, forcing the … Continue reading Phnom Penh →

On the way to the Bamboo Train we were thinking up ways to approach a Cambodian man and ask him to give up a $100 tip that we had given to him by mistake, someone that we weren’t even certain we had accidentally given it to. The final consensus was that we had already lost … Continue reading Battambang – Part III →

Now that we had taken in a lot of the food culture of Cambodia we wanted to explore more of the recent history of the country. We had found a driver after being picked up from the bus stop a few days prior for free courtesy of the hotel, even though it took less than … Continue reading Battambang – Part II →

We left Siem Reap very early in the morning, arriving in Battambang by lunch time which meant a relaxing evening in our hotel. For the first time we were offered more than free water in the room, with a basket of about 10 bananas and a dragonfruit to help ourselves to. It was a really … Continue reading Battambang – Part I →

Our last couple of days in Siem Reap were spent mainly relaxing while Amy recovered from the flu. We weren’t missing anything really, we’d done pretty much everything we wanted to do in the city. All of the local restaurants that we wanted to visit had been explored and with the encouragement of one restaurant … Continue reading Farewell Siem Reap →

When we had first arrived in Siem Reap, there was a lot of mention of the 2001 film Tomb Raider featuring Angelina Jolie. This was due to the impact the film had made on the city as a whole, when one of the temples was featured in the film as well as the huge popularity … Continue reading Siem Reap – Part III →

We started the tour around Siem Reap early, 7am to be precise. It was far earlier than what time we’d normally get up for, especially as we weren’t getting up to go to an airport or a coach station. But the sun had already risen and our driver was waiting promptly outside the hotel, ready … Continue reading Siem Reap – Part II →