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On Wednesday 23rd October we took a bus from Phnom Penh, in Cambodia, to Ho Chi Minh City, in Vietnam. The six hour bus journey with Mekong Express was infinitely better than our previous bus trip (Siem Reap to Phnom Penh), although nothing in comparison to our luxury bus journies in South America. The bus was comfy and they made the border crossing a breeze, especially when compared to some of our previous border crossings (Bolivia to Argentina, for example).

The skyline of central Ho Chi Minh City

After our days exploring the ancient temples around Angkor Wat we spent some time in Phnom Penh exploring some more recent history. We arranged a tuktuk to take us out to Choeung Ek, better known as the Killing Fields, and then to Tuol Sleng, better known as S-21, on the way back.

Before coming to Cambodia I knew a little about the Khmer Rouge and the Killing Fields, but I was by no means an expert. Following our visit to Choeung Ek and Tuel Slong I am still not an expert, but now I have some understanding of the horrors that went on during the rule of the Khmer Rouge from 1975 to early 1979.

A mass grave where 450 bodies were found

Following our very relaxing week at Melia Benoa, we left Bali on Monday 14th October heading for South East Asia and the final leg of our big adventure. Our flight provided us with a few hours at Singapore Changi airport before arriving in Bangkok at 2100 local time. In anticipation of being asked to prove that we were leaving Thailand within the 30 day visa, but not being prepared enough to have sorted out our visas for Vietnam, we had booked a flight to Siem Reap in Cambodia for first thing Tuesday morning.

Hongda picking us up from the airport

Angkor Wat, in the sunshine

Photos from our time in Siem Reap and the surrounding area can either be viewed below or at http://photos.andywicks.com/SiemReap?noredirect=1

Paradise in Bali – with a swim-up bar!

Photos from our week discovering paradise in Bali can now be found below or at http://photos.andywicks.com/BaliAWeekInParadise?noredirect=1

The photos below give an illustration of where we have been and what we have been up to.

Enjoying sunset at Kata Tjuta

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We have spent the past six weeks in New Zealand, five of them in a Spaceship named Button. We have managed to explore both the North and South Islands and our activities have included ‘tramping’, glacial hiking, skydiving, jet boating, zorbing and alpine hiking. A full blog post details our exploits will follow in the coming days (once I have written it!). I have managed to sort out some of the photos from our trip and they are available on http://photos.andywicks.com

Crossing the Cook Strait

Santiago from Cerro San Cristobal

Photos from our time in Santiago can either be viewed below or at http://photos.andywicks.com/Santiago?noredirect=1

The bus journey from Mendoza in Argentina across the Andes to Santiago in Chile, via the Paso Los Libertadores is one of the most stunning journeys I have ever had the pleasure of doing. The only downside to this journey was the four hour wait at the border. Waiting at…

Enjoying the Andes by horseback

Photos from our time in Mendoza can either be viewed below or at http://photos.andywicks.com/Mendoza?noredirect=1