Robbie’s Travel Adventure!

Today we went to visit Tonle Sap just south of Siem Reap. It is the biggest lake in south east asia, with a surface area of around 2,500km2 in the dry season, and over 16,oookm2 in wet season. It is currently the dry season so we did not witness it in all its glory. However it was still amazing as we went to see the floating villages. Wich are made up of houses, shops and even a church built onto make shift barges. Strangely the water does not get above a metre in depth, this time of year, yet stretches as far as you can see!

 Tomorrow we have an early start as we are heading to Angkor Wat to see the sunrise! Lets just hope its not cloudy!

After a few days relaxing on the beautiful beach at Shianoukville we headed back to Phnom Penh. We only stayed for 2 nights, enough time to visit the killinig fields and the genocide museum. Both of which were rather harrowing experiences, but definately worth while. The killing fields wasnt quite how i expected. Seeing bits of clothes and bones in the ground whilst walking round was definately not expected. Added to the fact that there still about 48 mass graves still uncovered and this is not the only killing field in cambodia, nor the largest. The genocide museum is in prison S-21 in Phnom Penh. A secondary school turned into a detention centre by the khmer rouge. With a similar atmoshpere to the killing fields, we wondered the makeshidt wooden and brick cells, and saw the many photos of detainees. Although a not all together pleasent experinence, the day was well worth while. Something perhaps everyone should see.

 We arrived this evening in Siem Reap, after 6 hours of a very bumpy but interesting bus journey avoiding the high way tolls. We now hyave 2 days to marvel at the beauty of Angkor Wat before heading to Laos.

Again, sorry for the late update! After some more relaxing in the very quiet Mui Ne, we gor the bus to Saigon. After a break we met up with some friends for the evening. The nexr day we went to ... [Continue reading this entry]

Sorry it has taken so long to update, computer access has been minimal! On our second day in Hue we went on a tour of the DMZ. With a 6am start we went from our hostel to have breakfast, then ... [Continue reading this entry]

We arrive in Hue this morning at about 8.30 after a 12 hour bus journey on the sleeper bus. After a short walk to the hostel we had to sit and wait till about 11.30 to check in. It is ... [Continue reading this entry]

We landed in Hanoi on friday afternoon, immediately noticing a difference in temperature and humidity! During the taxi ride to the hostel we also noticed a difference to china. Firstly it seems a lot more green but also cars are ... [Continue reading this entry]