Cambodia

The people were very pleasant and eager to please and it is easy to forget that until the late 1990s they had experienced many years of war and difficulty. The local guide, probably in his late 30s or early 40s remembered as a child seeing dead bodies left by the side of the road after the fighting. He also had malaria twice.

The evening dance performance (private for Silversea), which took place in the hotel garden, was excellent. It was different from most others in that each dance had a narrative, which was explained to the audience. One of them was quite dark – the monkey ran off with the princess.