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So after sitting it out for a couple of days on the beach (hard life!) we made the 12 hour bus trip from Cambodia to Bangkok. On our approach to Bangkok I received a phone call from BA asking if we were in Bangkok and whether we could make a 20:00 bus from Bangkok to the military airbase to then get a flight to Singapore; being honest I said we would not get to Bangkok until 20:30 so we missed our easy ticket out by 30 minutes – gutted.

Once in Bangkok we checked into our accommodation then hit Koh San Road! We bumped into Tommy who is of course stuck here (with Vinny) waiting it out like the other 100,000 people, so of course we arranged to meet later for a beer or two!! Over several internet phone calls to BA UK (BA Thailand was closed for the weekend!) and with a great deal of help from Debs we made a reservation for a flight out of Singapore on Wednesday morning – Oz would have to wait!

But how do we get to Singapore? All the budget flights from Phuket to Singapore were sold out until Thursday, the train was sold out, so we were left with one option – bus; no ordinary bus – a THIRTY SIX HOUR bus journey – oh my god! With those travel plans in place we spent what was then our only full day in Bangkok SHOPPING! Chloe bag shopping to be precise!

And now we are setting off for Singapore – god hopes the journey isn’t from hell! We are due to fly from Singapore Wednesday at 09:00 local time and get to Sydney 20:00 (local time), just a few days late! Fingers crossed!

Photo’s will come later, as we haven’t time just now – route track also!

So after a sombre visit to PP we then travelled south to the beaches of Cambodia to a place called Sihanoukville. On arriving in town at the bus station there was the usual tuk tuk & moto drivers wanting our dollars! It seemed all the tuk tuk drivers were in agreement on a price into town – 6 dollars (v expensive in Cambodia) – so we decided to get a 1 dollar moto each, yupp on the back of a scooter with the big bags between the drivers knee’s!!!

For the next few days we chilled on the beach, watched BBC world News re. Bangkok and topped up our tans! It soon became apparent we would not be flying out of Bangkok, so we stayed a couple of days later in Sihanoukville to see what BA might do. BA did nothing. Their policy was only based on the next 24 hours – stupid idiots!

Once Adam & Cat had caught us up in Sihanoukville we all booked onto a booze cruise – why not! The day was good fun and eventful to say the least. The plan for the cruise was a trip to some cliffs to jump off into the sea. Simple enough! Then over to a deserted beach (mint!) for a BBQ lunch! Then the plan was to go to Bamboo Island for the sunset. Whilst heading towards the island the weather out to sea was looking somewhat black to say the least – not to worry thats miles away it wont effect us. Hmmmm, instead of a sunset we actually got a full on thunder storm on a boat in the middle of the sea! So, on the slowest boat in the world, with no beer or vodka left, we ambled back to the beach with fork lightning going on just behind us. In the hustle bustle of the day Karen somehow managed to lose one flip-flop under the floor of the boat – not a good moment, especially as she has worn them pretty much every day since leaving.

The next day we hired our own moto and went to explore the other less busy beaches – we were duly awarded! We found a beach which was idyllic Karen even had a go at driving the moto!!!

We left Sihanoukville for Bangkok – into the lions den!