Hong Kong to Cambodia

We arrived in Hong Kong pretty weary after the 10 hour flight from Auckland. Highlights of the flight were the food which was pretty good and the fact they stocked JW Black Label. Lowlights included grumpy Europeans in front of us generally being annoying. We had a reservation at the Marriott at the airport in Hong Kong and it was pretty easy to get there via the shuttle bus. The room was pretty nice, poshest one we've stayed in for a while. As we were stuffed from the flight we had room service for dinner - is good. Jet lag played a bit of havoc - Kirsten woke up at 4am, couldn't get back to sleep and so went to the gym for an hour. Our flight to Phnom Penh left early the next morning and was over pretty quickly - we arrived about 10.30 local time. We had booked a room in advance and they sent a driver to meet us at the airport. We were pretty glad we didn't have to deal with the inevitable crush of touts trying to secure our business. We stayed at the Walkabout (thanks Nick!) which was pretty cheap, albeit a bit sleazy with a 24 hour bar. We didn't do a great deal on the first day, it was good to settle into the hotel and get a feel for being on the road in a more exotic location. We did go out in the evening to the Foreign Correspondents Club (thanks Jules!) which had great food and some interesting photos from Cambodia's turbulent past.