Sunday 8th April Up extremely early today (4.30am) to catch a one hour flight to the island of Phu Quoc in the very south of Vietnam (actually below Cambodia but belonging to Vietnam). This was a place that was an absolute must on our itinerary as it was meant to have beautiful beaches with 'crystal clear water'. The photos I had seen of it prior to leaving OZ had left me breathless and looked like absolute paradise. We arrived in the morning to find it pretty overcast. It had apparently rained heavily that night which was unusual for the time of [View Full Entry]

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Hi all, Well again as you can see. we are way behind in our blogs. We have had a lot of trouble recently trying to add photos, hence the long delays!! More to come soon (hopefully!) Thursday 5th April We were up early this morning to catch the 8am bus from Phnom Penh to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. Mia and I were feeling a bit worse for wear - her with a cold and mild fever, me with another bloody headache (for some reason, I have had quite a lot here - not a lot of fun!) Mia slept [View Full Entry]

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Hi all, Well, we are well and truely behind on our blog updates now (it is 11th April now and we are actually in Vietnam) as we have been so busy for the last couple of weeks. I have just lost the last hours typing of this blog as the computer went crazy, so am a little pissed off, but will give it another go! The internet service is touch and go, so another reason why we are so behind! Thursday 29th March After spending another night in Phnom Penh we caught the bus for the 6 1/2 hour journey [View Full Entry]

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Monday 26th March We arrived late in the afternoon after our long but very interesting car trip from Koh Kong to Phnom Penh. We were picked up on time at 10.30am, said our goodbyes to the wonderful staff at Otto's and headed off. Our driver seemed nice and could speak no english. We had paid $85 usd for the trip which we had been told covered everything including the 4 car ferry river crossings we would have to make. The roads on the journey were a mix of superb and shocking- a lot of parts were being made and were really [View Full Entry]

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Sunday 25th March Well, what a day it was! We all got off the ferry from Koh Chang yesterday and straight onto a song theaw to take us back to the bus station in Trat. We were dropped off at a sort of travel agent (again???) not the bus station, where we were told was where we caught the ongoing mini bus to the border at Hak Let from. 110 baht each which sounded right & coming in 20 minutes - apparently. We were a little dubious so Gav checked around and we double checked the Lonely Planet but were [View Full Entry]

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Hi guys, boy, are we behind on our blogs or what? Have 3 nearly ready to go after this one, but will be spending nearly all day today (Thurs 29th?) on a bus so hope to get one or two out mininum. Off to Siem Riep and Angkor Wat today. Just worked out we still have about 7 nights planned in Cambodia which puts us about 5 days behind schedule. Whoops. Oh well! No way we are going to hurry through anything, might just have to stay over here longer.... Anyway here you go! Saturday 24th March We were meant [View Full Entry]

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Hi all, It's now Wednesday, and we have been relaxing for the last couple of days on the stunning island of Koh Chang (down near the Cambodian border). Here is our diary for the last few days: Sunday 18th March We arrived back in Bangkok last night from Kanchanaburi and luckily got the last room available at D & D's. A triple this time, which was great - lot's more room, but also more expensive (1100 baht - $44) Got to the room only to realise that the air con was kaput. What was it with us and the air-co?? [View Full Entry]

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Hi all, (Excuse the spelling below - hard keyboards to use, and too hard too spell check!) Just a few things before we keep going - after reading heaps of other travelblogs over the last 12 months, we always found that there was not enough information given in relation to names of places, prices etc being that we were heading overseas soon and wanted details, details, details. Therefore, in case other traveller's are reading this and are lookling for information like we were, we will include names of places, prices etc where ever possible. For those back home not travelling, I [View Full Entry]

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Well, here we are in Thailand! After 2 days we are finally rested and relaxed! The flight was fantastic (made up for the fact that the plane was delayed 2 1/2 hours). Only about 1/3 full, it left plenty of room to stretch out & sleep (Gav & Mia that is) All in all it was one of the best flights we have ever had. Mia travelled brilliantly & was especially good whilst waiting at the airport during the delay - we even had strangers commenting on how patient and well behaved she was! Arrived at the airport around 9.15pm Bangkok [View Full Entry]

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