‘Our Tribe Travels’ Top 5 Beaches
In addition to our European travel and longer term backpacking adventures we were fortunate to...
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Category: Cambodia
What an adventure (SE Asia)
1 idea, 1 baby, 1 husband and wife, 2 backpacks, 2 daypacks, 1 buggy, 6 months, 25 weeks, 176...
Read MoreBowls as boats and crocs! (Tonie Sap, Cambodia)
On our final afternoon in Siem Reap we visited the floating village. The village is located on the Tonie Sap lake, a huge expanse of water that meets the Mekong River. ‘The boy’, hubby and I jumped in a small tugboat and we...
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The ultimate playground (Siem Reap, Cambodia)
In order to see as much as we could in the three days we’d scheduled in Siem Reap we hired a tuk...
Read MoreThe Royal Palace (Phnom Penh, Cambodia)
After enjoying the time we spent in Phnom Penh over Christmas we were looking forward to another couple of nights in the city. We found a basic room for £8 a night and scheduled a visit to the Royal Palace and some time to...
Read MoreCaves, crab and countryside (Kampot & Kep, Cambodia)
As our visit to Kampot was unexpected, and with no plans as to what we were going to do during our stay, we opted to take a one day tour around the area in the back of a tuk tuk. The tuk tuks in Cambodia are by far the most...
Read MoreSerindipity (Serindipity beach, Cambodia)
Serindipity: The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way: “a fortunate stroke of serendipity”. On new years day we headed back to the mainland to meet up with the ladies for a...
Read MoreBack to basics, Ten103 (Koh Ta Kiev, Cambodia)
After the hustle and bustle of Phnom Penh we headed back down south to re-visit the beach we fell in love with, Otres. Another three days were spent on the white sand before we took the boat to Koh Ta Kiev Island, a one-hour...
Read MoreChristmas time, mistletoe and wine! (Phnom Penh, Cambodia)
With our Christmas expenditure being very small (one small present each) we decided to treat ourselves to an all-inclusive five star brunch at the Sofitel hotel. The backpacker budget was on hold for one day and Christmas day...
Read MoreS-21 atrocities (Phnom Penh, Cambodia)
Our time in Phnom Penh was a mixed bag of emotions. Excitement to be meeting up with our friends Miss Marsh and Miss Hookings (or Dave as we now call her, but that’s another story), happiness at being able to have a fun...
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Paradise…… for the moment (Otres, Cambodia)
After researching the five or six beaches that are based along the coast in Sihanoukville, we...
Read MoreBorder crossing control (Koh Kong, Cambodia)
Today we took the final part of our journey in Thailand to the Cambodian border. There are many land crossing entry points into Cambodia but according to our guide book the Trat route is the worst in terms of consistent...
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