Siem Reap-Phnom Penh-Kuala Lumpur

The minibus taking us to the Mekong Express Bus broke down in the middle of one of the few sets of traffic lights in Siem Reap, we were crammed in like sardines and it got quite hot! Eventually we made it to the bus and safely back to Phnom Penh. We visited the National Museum but gave the killing fields and Tuol Sleng Museum a miss as we didn't think we could handle it.

We flew to Kuala Lumpur amidst some of the worst haze they have had for years. We had a swish four star hotel with a good view of the Petronas Towers, the only trouble was there were small cockroaches in our room! This was surprising as we were on the 25th floor.

After a good nights sleep we set off on the monorail to buy our train tickets for the next day. It was quite scary like being at Alton Towers and the driver looked as if he was flying a plane. As there were some public holidays coming up the train was full apart from seats in economy class on the night train. Instead we had to check out of our hotel a day early and take the sleeper train that night. Whilst at the train station we had our first McDonalds! We had local food the night before but it didn't seem very cooked. A meal deal was only about a pound.