30 October 2012 October 17th – 28th The road from Kep to Phnom Penh isn’t very long, merely 200km, along the Mekhong. But it’s in a mediocre shape, and the closer we get to the capital, the more congested it gets. The thing is, yesterday, while I was enjoying a cold beer on the, Read More
25 October 2012 October 08th – 17th Early in the afternoon, after a first failed attempt to cross the Cardamoms, we got to Pursat. It has in fact no real appeal, this town. None at all. But we did get the chance to visit a women handicraft center, where we bought some artefacts. It’s, Read More
9 October 2012 There are over a hundred border towns between the two countries, but while the majority is for locals, only a dozen will allow us overlanders to cross.
9 October 2012 September 30th – October 9th The Cambodian border lies some 80km south of Surin, and we chose the border town of O Smach. It’s a small village, with offers nothing but the immigration and custom offices, and two casinos, where dozens of Thai come in every day. They cross the border, Read More
30 September 2012 James Bond said it before, never say never. As told you earlier I wouldn’t be back in the Southern Hemisphere for quite some time, well, things have changed… I’ll be back for Christmas. So, WTF I hear you say ? Well, there is no other word for it, I’m broke. I’ve, Read More
30 September 2012 September 14th – 30th We still had things to see in Bangkok, Julie and I, with or without Claire. Most important was the “Grand Palace” which is right in the center of town. Right we thought, get on the subway, get off, turn right and walk straight for six blocks. Only,, Read More
26 September 2012 September 10th – 14th We got to Bangkok on the evening of the 9th, and CouchSurfed overnight in a suburb of town. Driving into the city is not as easy as you might think, even with a GPS. Not only the map is not always accurate, but all the signs are, Read More
11 September 2012 Sept 03rd- 09th. There are over seven points to cross the border, but we chose the smallest village, and the closest to Kota Barhu, let’s be honest. The barge took us across the river to the tiny town of Tak Bai to get our immigration and custom paperwork done, and we, Read More
11 September 2012 Aug 30th – Sept 03rd We said goodbye to Wendy, for good this time, well, never say never… She’s off to Brazil for a few months anyways. And we made our way North East towards the Taman Negara National Park. It’s a bit of a nonsense to be called that, since, Read More
9 September 2012 There are many border crossing points, we chose Tak Bai just north of Kota Barhu on the East coast. (see this). Step one as always is immigration then step two is customs. Stam stamp stamp done. Easy as. There is a barge that will get you across the river which makes, Read More