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I took the first few days in Phnom Penh to relax and work on writing, enjoying the beauty and convenience of the big city. I met with some friends from Koh Rong, as well as some of the hostel workers that I remembered from my last time there. After Aude had seen the famous sites…

The boat ride to Sihanoukville was easy, but the route between Sihanoukville and Kampot was one of the bumpiest and slowest roads I’ve ever experienced. My first day was mostly spent exploring the waterfront and the area near my hotel. The next day Ed reached out to let me know he was also in Kampot,…

Koh Rong was absolutely beautiful from the first moment it came into view. Not extremely developed for tourism, but with signs of looming development all across the island, I felt extremely lucky to be there when I was. Most of the other people there were either long time residents, mostly Cambodian with some Europeans and…

My bus from Battambang arrived in the early afternoon heat, still fairly far away from the hostel I had booked. I joined two others on the bus on a ride to our hotels, which happened to be fairly close to each other. When I finally arrived, I put down my bags and hopped into the…

A few other travelers from Siem Reap had recommended a particular hostel in Battambang, so without doing too much research I made my way there from the bus stop once I arrived in the city. It was immediately evident that Battambang was far less of a tourist attraction than Siem Reap, but still a very…

We arrived in Siem Reap well into the afternoon, and took some time to settle in and decompress after being stuffed into a van for so long. In the evening I finally managed to get myself moving and went out to explore the city for a little bit with some others from the hostel. Unsurprisingly,…

The bus dropped us off right at our homestay for the night in Ban Lung, which was owned by the man organizing our trekking for the next few days. The home also doubled as a supplementary school for local children to learn English, led by the mother/wife of the family hosting us. We got to…

The drive to the islands was calm and sleepy, and when we arrived I think we were all happy with the relaxed ambiance. We were staying on Don Det, connected by a bridge to the nearby Don Khone. We mostly relaxed (not too many pictures) and enjoyed the delicious food catering towards the many tourists…

The bus ride down to Pakse was fairly short, but for some reason started off with an odd sequence of events. We started off by piling into a van with the rest of the group and some other travelers, only to be dropped off about 30 minutes away at a fairly big local house. It…

Our evening ride wasn’t the most comfortable, with the first sleeper bus having two people to a small bed. All of us foreigners were put together in beds, so James and I had to share, as did Juriaan and Frank. Needless to say there was nowhere near enough space for all of us to stretch…