Tuk-Tuks, Temples and Trials: 18 Enlightening Days in Cambodia

At 37 years of age, Mark had only ever seen the inside of three aeroplanes. It was time to change that. So, equipped with his camera and the dregs of a ten-year-old bottle of mosquito repellent, he embarks upon an impulsive backpacking holiday across Cambodia.

Corrupt officials. Unscrupulous tour guides. Enterprising tuk-tuk drivers. An endemic shortage of loo roll. Mark suffers all of these and more before his 18 days are up. But in this intimate, unflinching examination of both Cambodia and himself, he also discovers mesmerising cultural beauty and human resilience at its most inspiring, as this remarkable country continues to find its feet following decades of civil war, genocide and political turmoil. As seen through the eyes of a man whose previous idea of an exotic life experience was being served prawns with their shells on...