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In this video, we travel across Cambodia by tuk tuk, driving from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh with our baby. This is real, unfiltered slow travel — the heat, the challenges, the kindness of strangers, and the beauty of everyday life in Cambodia.

From bumpy highways and intense heat, to running low on cash and dealing with a broken tuk tuk zipper, this journey tested us in ways we didn’t expect. But along the way, we were reminded why we love Cambodia so much — the kindness of strangers, the generosity of locals, and the quiet magic of everyday moments on the road.

We ended our long day in Phnom Penh exhausted, grateful, and excited to start exploring a brand-new city. Thanks for coming along for the ride.

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00:00and we're down to like so i think we have 10,000 14,000 there might be enough to eat
00:08all right we're too poor for this place
00:17thank you thank you so much we couldn't get it fixed and just a random stranger just saw us
00:22struggling on the side of the road and came and helped us seriously cambodians are the best
00:31oh this is so bumpy that's true
00:41five hours to Phnom Penh from San Reap and in a tuk tuk that's just not realistic you need to
00:48add 40%
00:49being a nomad is not a vacation it's freedom but it's also discipline
00:53it's an exchange of security for enhanced experiences it's a way of life
01:00crazy and everything seems
01:02is there some place for safety i could go
01:09run away run away run away into your escape
01:15run away run away run away you're never too far to run
01:20run away run away run away into your escape
01:25run away run away run away run away run away
01:30I'll wait
01:31Ah, ah, ah, ah
01:38Ah, ah, ah, ah
02:10I feel like I leave a piece of my heart in every place that we visit.
02:16We're never quite the same people when we leave as when we arrived.
02:23We weren't expecting to fall in love with CMREAP the way we did.
02:27Our stay ended up being much longer than we had originally intended.
02:40But it was time to head off.
02:44To start our journey around Cambodia in our tuk-tuk.
02:58When my mind gets tired of waiting, it'd be wasted time to save this.
03:05As it's around, I wanna walk away from all the changes.
03:09I need to switch up my ties now.
03:16I need to cut off my ties now.
03:20I believe in the last day of your life.
03:25Don't try to save you.
03:29I'm not afraid.
03:33I'm runny tops me in the open door.
03:39I'm taking my tears
03:43I'm taking my tears
03:45I'm taking my tears
03:47Me and this boy
03:49Never thought alone like this
03:51But I'll be ready
03:56In the past we were contagious
03:59I wish we had builders
04:03That's the trouble of love
04:05If you never know where to give up
04:08But I did a long day
04:12Wish I could see your face
04:16I would get out of the past this place
04:20With us
04:23Don't you save me
04:26I'm not a patient
04:30I'm running towards you
04:34I'm running towards you
04:39I'm running towards you
04:42I'm running towards you
04:43I'm running away
04:43I'm running towards you
04:45The end is for you
04:47Never thought alone like this
04:49But I'll be ready
04:55Never thought alone like this
05:01You never thought alone like this
05:08You, you, never thought alone like this
05:13Because I'm being out of it
05:16You, you, never thought alone like this
05:20Des psychologist
05:20You, you, never thought alone like this
05:43I'm pretty sure we missed him down somewhere.
05:46Okay.
06:06This is the one of the biggest hurdles for you.
06:09Ever since you...
06:41...that is the one of the biggest hurdles for you.
06:53I'm just gonna eat the green.
06:56Are you gonna eat the green?
06:57Yeah.
07:04It's on.
07:13I just need my shoes.
07:48Hello.
07:53Iced tea?
07:55Iced tea?
07:58They look sweet.
07:59Let´tuce dinner.
08:02I said it's too late.
08:08I forgot to eat the green.
08:12Here's a good skunk.
08:14It's not okay.
08:16Here I am.
08:18Just leave the ki models.
08:43So we're driving to Phnom Penh but it says it's like
08:49five hours to Phnom Penh from Xi'an Reap and in the tuk-tuk that's just not realistic you need
08:55to add
08:56like 40% so we decided to stop half the way halfway there
09:03at a place called
09:05Kampong Thong
09:07So we've got a hotel room for the night and we're about halfway to Kampong Thong
09:13We've been driving for about
09:16two and a bit hours
09:19It said two and a half hours on the maps but realistically it's going to be like four and a
09:23half
09:24Which is just what it is in a tuk-tuk. We just stopped off to get a drink at this
09:28local cafe and a couple of iced teas
09:31and then hopefully
09:33Should only have about an hour and a half left to drive
09:36So far the road's been really good. It's just one big highway
09:40Not many places to pull in and get something to eat or drink. That's all very local
09:46But that's okay. And I think when we get to the hotel we'll probably be able to go and get
09:51a really nice feed somewhere close by
10:00So
10:30okay we're about halfway there I just made a quick pit stop for some drinks and to use the bathroom
10:37stretch the legs a little bit I feel like it's going faster than I thought it would how are you
10:45feeling after driving yeah I was worried it was going to be double the amount of time it said it
10:51would I don't think it's that bad two and a half hours probably turn into four but that's with stops
11:28so
11:35so
11:44so
11:52so
12:00so
12:08so
12:17so
12:47made it
12:51what's this place called again
12:56the town is the place that we are
13:00why look come back where are you going
13:06campon ton
13:10come on honey
13:16hello
13:42not too bad
13:50I always get a little anxious at the beginning of a new journey
13:55even on moving days switching hotels even arriving somewhere new
14:03I think after being uncomfortable so much in our lives there's actually something comforting about it
14:12I think that if we're not uncomfortable we're not really growing
14:16eating food
14:20eating all the races
14:22eating all the races
14:25eating all the races
14:47The thing with so many like flowers and stuff.
14:56There's so many things around, I don't know what I meant to eat, you're not meant to eat
15:02that.
15:04Look at these.
15:06That's like cabbage.
15:07Yeah, that's cabbage.
15:08Yeah.
15:09And this one?
15:10That's shallots I think.
15:13Yeah, and this is like coriander, you got to put some of that stuff, maybe just not the
15:19flowers but definitely that stuff.
15:29The chicken curry had a lot of weird stuff in it, this is, what is it?
15:36I think it's blood pudding, it looks.
15:40It's like, it looks like blood pudding.
15:43It might.
15:44We might have come to somewhere that's just a little too Cambodian for us.
15:48But it's good, like it tastes good.
15:50It's just so, like the look or the texture.
15:57Okay, one of my absolute favorite things about traveling in Asia is that when you go out
16:03to a meal, generally the people that work there will help you if you have a baby so you can
16:10eat.
16:16They were just entertaining Lila while Lloyd and I ate, playing with her.
16:22And she was even being a little bit fussy just because she'd been in the tuk-tuk for a while
16:27today and was wanting to run around.
16:29But that's super common in Asia and I'm so appreciative of it.
16:35Traveling in Asia with a kid has been, yeah, just really great for that.
16:44Question five and a half.
16:46From here.
16:56Dying.
16:58Dying.
17:03I'm too busy.
17:04What is the plane, you gotta go.
17:04He's there, she's there.
17:07I'm too busy.
17:08The plane is on the plane.
17:09He's there.
17:09You're the plane.
17:09The plane is on the plane.
17:10This plane?
17:20I'm going to eat coffee, I'm going to eat coffee, I'm going to eat it.
17:37I think a big part of why we love being in different countries so much is because it's
17:44accepted to be a little weird, a little different.
17:49There's not really any pressure to conform.
17:53We're just accepted for doing things differently because we're not from there.
17:59And I really like that.
18:22I mean, we're not from there.
18:25I mean, we're not from there.
18:32I mean, we're not from there.
18:56Hello.
18:57How are you?
18:59How can I get it?
19:01Iced Americano.
19:02Love.
19:03Dicas.
19:05And ice chocolate.
19:08Nice taste.
19:20Thank you, honey.
19:46Oh
19:47That worked
19:51Come to
20:19Let's go Phnom Penh, let's go Phnom Penh, yes, yeah, yeah.
20:26Yeah, yeah.
20:42Yes, even that's better.
21:02Alcon, Alcon, thank you so much.
21:08Wow.
21:13The zipper on our tuk-tuk broke on Lila's side.
21:18We couldn't get it fixed and just a random stranger just saw us struggling on the side of the road
21:22and came and helped us.
21:24Seriously, Cambodians are the best.
22:39Okay, so we're finding that
22:47We're finding that
22:49nowhere accepts card along the way at the moment
22:53Even 7-Eleven didn't, which is really weird
22:56I don't think we've ever been to a 7-Eleven that doesn't accept credit card
23:00And even the big restaurants and stuff along the way aren't accepting
23:04So we're struggling to find somewhere that we can get proper feed from
23:09Yeah, I got out enough cash before we left
23:13Pretty much just for fuel
23:14And like the odd coffee here and there
23:17Thinking like
23:19Everywhere else would just take a card
23:22But they only take that scan app thing
23:24Which you need a Cambodian bank account to scan
23:28Or cash
23:29And we're down to like
23:31So I think we have
23:3310,000
23:3514,000
23:36There might be enough to eat
23:3814,000
23:39Should we go check and see if 14,000 is enough?
23:41Yeah, let's check
23:4414,200
23:44Okay
23:47Sort of
23:48Alright, we're too poor for this place
23:52Unfortunately
23:53Everything's like 5 or 6 dollars
23:56Oh well
23:57We'll see if we can find somewhere else to eat
24:03Driving through the Cambodian countryside in a tuk tuk
24:07Felt like something out of a movie
24:12Something I still can't believe we're actually living
24:15I still can't believe we're actually living
24:56We've definitely arrived in the city
24:59The roads have gotten way more hectic
25:02The second leg of the journey has been much more challenging
25:06Less smooth than the first half was
25:10But Lila's been an absolute trooper
25:13She's been amazing
25:14She slept for most of it
25:16So yeah, pulling into this city
25:17A lot more hectic than Sam Rae's first impressions
25:20Yes
25:20Yes
26:19All right, we made it to Phnom Penh.
26:20Holy shit, it's four o'clock.
26:23I think I said if we made it by three, that would be good.
26:27But we did stop off a couple of times for a while.
26:30I'm absolutely knackered.
26:31I don't know what it is about driving.
26:34I took to, it's just like the hyper-awareness of like getting overtaken by trucks and cars
26:42and there's a lot of dust.
26:44And then coming into Phnom Penh, there's a lot of traffic.
26:47So yeah, I'm feeling a little bit jittery.
26:51We're back to the hotel apartment.
26:54We're just going to go find this pub that looks really good to go get something to eat
26:59because we're starving.
27:00We haven't really eaten all day.
27:01We ended our long journey in Phnom Penh with a beer and buffalo wings
27:07at a small hole-in-the-wall American pub called Shakey's.
27:18Tomorrow, we start exploring a brand new city.
27:22Run away, run away, run away into your escape.
27:28Run away, run away, run away.
27:31You're never too far to run.
27:34Run away, run away, run away into your escape.
27:39Run away, run away, run away.
27:42Run away, run away, run away.
27:45Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
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