Cambodia Trip Day 2

Welcome to part 2 of our Cambodia trip blog!

We kicked off our travels with a 1am bus ride from Exeter to London Heathrow airport in the early hours of January 17th. The 4.5 hours on the bus didn't provide us with much energy for the long haul flight ahead, but our excitement for the trip turned out to be enough of a driving force.

Although the journey was long, it was a relatively straightforward one, as we made every connection and planned our travel documents perfectly (*correction: Romy planned everything perfectly, I tag along and help Romy find more sick bags on every new method of transport).

We were so impressed with Singapore Airlines, from getting a whole row on to ourselves on the plane to eating more omelettes in 24 hours than we have in years. The only minor blip in the journey was when two engineering masters students (us) couldn't figure out if we were going to miss our connecting flight in Singapore, all because calculating time differences was too advanced mental maths - luckily we made it... with over an hour to spare.

Once we landed in Phnom Penh, Cambodia's capital, it had been 25.5 hours straight of travelling, with a collective sleep time off around 4 hours over the two nights. Inevitably, with jet lag telling us we needed to go to bed (and not start our morning), our first day was one long, and very much needed, nap in the Pacific Hotel room. Our plans of walking around the city and visiting the Royal Palace stood no chance.

This evening we managed to head out (as photographed) for some duck noodles and spring roles, and walked through bustling streets and dodged eager 'tuc tuc' drivers. We are incredibly relieved to be 'tucked' up in bed now with our books, spring roll leftovers and dried kiwi, as we prepare for even more sleep ahead of our bus to Pursat tomorrow.

Lots of love,

Toni (and Romy)