Toilet humour

I seem to have had a few problems with posting pictures and emails in one go so from now on I'll tackle them separately.

Before I finish the section on Thailand I have to tell you about the most hilarious toilet stop so far, at a restaurant we stopped at for lunch. We've definitely experienced some crapholes along the way but this one was just the best. When asking where the loo was we were pointed to a corrugated iron shed with a battered old truck parked outside. The inside revealed what looked like a car part workshop and general dumping ground. Tucked away at the back was a bit of wall and a door hanging off its hinges. The squat toilet was the least clean we've seen and just gross. But when a girl's gotta go... It was so obscure it was hilarious. The rest pale into comparison.

We crossed the border into Cambodia early in the morning and instantly you could notice the difference between the two countries. Cambodia was noticeably browner, dirtier and less affluent but all the more interesting for it. It was just how I'd imagined. Chaotic traffic with everyone driving, biking and careering everywhere in a shambolic fashion. Certainly livened up the cycling for a while.

The poverty has been harder to adjust to from the relative wealth of Thailand but the Cambodians are still a happy, smiley people. Kids trying to sell you all sorts hassle you everywhere. And it's all 'one dollar'. Your heart breaks with some of them but after the twentieth one you get a bit harder-hearted. Ann, a lady from Scotland here with her husband, daughter and daughter's boyfriend, has bought loads of stuff bless her. She's got little paper toys, bracelets and plenty of fruit. She's now resorted to offering to tell them a story instead of parting with her cash.

More on the temples and Siem Reap tomorrow.