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| Monks at Ta Prohm, Cambodia |
The cooking - similar to Thai but not as spicy - was, after all, once considered an art at the Cambodian and Laotian royal courts.
Eateries in Siem Reap marry high Gallic culinary standards with the very best in local gastronomy. The award-winning restaurant at our stylish five-star hotel, Hotel de la Paix, was a case in point.
In this age of ethical travel, guests enjoying a pampering in this hotel's luxury spa can salve their conscience in knowing a chunk of their cash is being ploughed into a range of local community-based projects such as education and food aid.
Our holiday had begun in Bangkok four days earlier, where I had a vastly different experience to my previous visit nearly a decade ago.
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| Tham Ting Caves, Laos |
Then, as a hardy hippy-trailing traveller, I ended up on the backpacker-choked Khao San Road, but this time I stayed at the Banyan Tree - a five-star hotel famous for Vertigo, its aptly-named 61st floor rooftop restaurant. It was certainly a far cry from the fleapit I previously stayed at in the Thai capital.
From Bangkok we flew to the enchanting 600-year-old royal capital of Laos, Luang Prabang.
The town, another Unesco world heritage site, nestles on a fork of the Mekong and Khan rivers with lush green mountains on every side.
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