Cambodia

We first went to the north eastern part of Cambodia and quickly learned a few fun things through a small amount of trial and error:

Never wee in bushes away from the road - the land is landmines R'us. Oops. I luckily still have all my limbs in tact.

The word for breakfast, which sounds something like 'I have paper' and so, consequently was the only word we remembered. That and 'Ma', which, by no stretch of the imagination, means Mother.

Always be careful when ordering eggs. It is very possible that you will be getting a half grown baby duck embryo inside. Mine just had feathers, but Amy's very definitely had a beak. It was pretty disgusting, though not to be wasteful, Hannah and i still ate some of the yolk.

When they advertise a lake as a 'Volcanic Crater Lake' this does not mean that you will see a crater filled with water, possibly some steam and feel like you're on the fringes of one of James Bond's arch nemesis's secret layer, but an old dorment volcano that, let's be honest, is now just a lake on a mountain.


That the people here are possibly the smiliest in the world.

That the people are possibly the friendliest in the world. Whilst waiting for the internet one night, I was invited to join in in a card game for about 2 hours with the staff, where I was given copious amounts of free beer.