One family's experiences around the world
When we announced our Cambodia travel plans to friends a few months ago we were invariably met with two shocked responses: “but don’t you think 7 days will be too much?” and “And you’re taking your kids there?” It’s been a fun trip and perhaps to the shock of our friends the children have enjoyed
It’s 4:30am and I am about to wake our two sleeping and still very tired children. A temple tour with a 3 year old and a 5 year old in tow has me quite apprehensive. I’ve told them it’s a jungle adventure. I nudge my eldest very gently and whisper “come on, it’s time to
We flew to Cambodia from Guangzhou via the much maligned China Southern. It was short haul at 2 hours 20 minutes and for the price we paid the service was mediocre to good. Check-in Check-in with China Southern ran the gambit from the sublime to the ridiculous. Their website is clunky and hard to use
I’m currently drinking Tiger Beer in our hotel room in Siem Reap, browsing Booking.com for alternative accommodation and frantically emailing local tour operators to inform them that we will not need to be collected from Villa Amalia. What a day! While I don’t have enough to review the Villa Amalia, I certainly have enough for
Our next adventure is looming and so I spent some time this morning checking travel advice on the FCO website and then moved on to investigating the Cambodian visa process. It seems you can go about getting a Cambodian visa one of two ways. You can take the forms, photographs and payment to a counter
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