OLIVER took longer than we expected to arrive into Phnom Penh such that we only had 6 days to cross Laos and arrive at the China border to meet our convoy. Needless to say we were eager to get going and explore the world! Once we had confirmation from the shipping company OLIVER had arrived we were driven to the shipping yard and the container was opened and OLIVER was driven out into Cambodia at the end of May 2017!…
A trip to Cambodia could not be completed without a trip to Angkor Wat, an area comprising a large number of Buddhist and Hindu temples in the west of Cambodia. We explored this area in mid May 2017. We were still waiting for OLIVER to arrive so we took a bus out from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap, the closest town to Angkor Wat. We made a mix up with the bus tickets therefore we got moved to a mini…
With our car in a shipping container heading towards Singapore and then onto Sihanoukville, we decided to explore Cambodia while we waited for its arrival. First on the list was the capital Phnom Penh which we checked out over the first few weeks of May 2017. Alastair and I arrived from Singapore with Tonina waiting for us at the airport. Bags by our side, our Airbnb host had arranged a Tuk Tuk driver for us to take us to our accommodation…