Tag: Travel the Gap

  • What Now!

    Wow, thought I would dust out the old laptop and log back into my blog! Its been a while and just thinking about the adventure of a lifetime just brings a smile to my face. Thank you for all the readers throughout the last couple of years who kept coming to the website. Hopefully you […]

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  • Day 112 – Koh Rong Samloem

    Night time Kayaking with Plankton Since we came to Sunset Beach on Koh Rong Samloem to relax, that is exactly what we did. We sat on hammocks near the beach under the shade of trees reading books. The weather and view was amazing. The beach is quiet and the water is so calm. The one […]

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  • Day 111 – Kampot to Koh Rong Samloem

    Today we left Kemra I Guesthouse in the morning looking for a light breakfast, but we couldn’t find anything that looked decent and served food. We had to settle for coffee before running back to the guest house to be back in time for our bus pick up. A van picked us up and after […]

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  • Day 109 – Kampot

    Full day trip around Kampot, Cambodia Today we met the brother of the tour guide we had booked from Trip Advisor. As the day went on, we found out that the original tour guide, had stopped giving tours a while ago, and was now working in Phnom Penh. That being said, we left Ta Eng […]

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  • Day 107 – Phnom Penh to Kampot

    Today we were all packed, ready to go on our trip to Kampot, which was claimed to be a 3 hour journey. We had booked through Cool Wrong Hostel, for a 9am pick up from the hostel, with a company called Cosmart. At 9am a guy picked us up and loaded our bags into the […]

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  • Day 106 – Phnom Penh

    Today we woke up early and left to find some breakfast. We ended up at a Restaurant which is opened 24 hours, called Mekong River Restaurant. We had the breakfast menu here, and I would not recommend it. The majority of the staff didn’t seem to want to be there. But even worse, I had […]

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  • Day 105 – Battambang to Phnom Penh

    Today we had an early breakfast at Lucky Hostel, before checking out and walking to Sorya Ticket Agency, which is where we bought our bus tickets the day before. The bus was meant to leave at 8:45am, but when we arrived we were the only ones here besides some cardboard boxes full of live chickens. […]

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  • Day 104 – Battambang

    Today we woke up early once again so we could have breakfast at Lucky Hostel. We have started experimenting with what we eat, and our meals are getting larger. Today we had an omelette with bread, fruit platter, waffles, banana shake and milk tea! Our driver DJ, who had the brake failures a few days […]

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  • Day 103 – Battambang

    After the minor accident yesterday during our tour on the Remork Moto, we were planning to continue the rest of the tour today. However my better half was not feeling well so we decided to postpone the tour until tomorrow. We also extended our stay in Battambang at Lucky Hostel. When we called DJ from […]

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  • Day 102 – Battambang

    Today we had breakfast at Lucky Hostel, which was very large for the price. The Remork Moto (Tuk Tuk) driver was waiting outside for us. His company was called DJ Tuk Tuk. When we greeted him, he was super friendly and told us about the full day tour, we had organised over the phone last […]

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  • Day 101 – Siem Reap to Battambang

    Today we packed our bags, which are back to feeling full again as all the bulky winter gear is packed away. I don’t see us needing it any time soon in Cambodia. We went down to get breakfast just before 7am. The pick up time from the Bus Company, Mekong Express was 7-8am. The a […]

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  • Day 100 – Siem Reap

    100 Days of travel! Last day in Siem Reap checking out the less travelled temples around Angkor Wat

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  • Day 99 – Siem Reap

    Today we woke up at 4:30am so we could go to Angkor Wat to see the sunrise. When we were dropped off by our tuk tuk driver and had to walk to the gate. We actually had no idea where to go. Luckily a friendly guide told us to cross the bridge. We then realised […]

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  • Day 98 – Siem Reap

    Today we had our group tour of Angkor Wat. The bus picked us up in the morning. We were the first to be picked up, and when getting onto the bus, I realised that my water bottle was leaking in my bag. As we picked up the rest of the tourists for the tour, I […]

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  • Day 97 – Siem Reap

    After breakfast, we left Golden Square Villa Hotel, and walked 2km to the Angkor National Museum. Here we shared an audio guide between us. We were glad to have gone to the museum before checking our Angkor Wat, as it gives heaps of insight and history. The information at the exhibits were in both Cambodian […]

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