We decided to get a bus to Mui Ne from Saigon in order to see Old Greg who we'd met in Chiang Mai. The bus only took four hours to get there, and as we came towards the coast and caught a glimpse of the clear blue sea, we were definitely happy that we'd made the effort to go. Mui Ne itself is a beach resort, and apparently the kite surfing capital of South East Asia. For that reason there seemed to be a lot of Australians and sporty looking people everywhere we looked. We found Greg in a really swanky [View Full Entry]

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Saigon City was a really hectic city, and in many ways it was how we'd both imagined it would be. It seemed a contrasting mix of old and new, ladies in traditional Vietnamese hats selling things on bikes, and ultra modern glass buildings. We found at first the people to be less friendly than Cambodia, but still in most cases extremely polite. We had to work really hard in oder to get conversations going to local people, but it was worth it when we did! We decided to take a tour of the Cu Chi Tunnels, which is where villagers and [View Full Entry]

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We were really sad to leave the Happy Guest House. Since wed been there for so long it had become like a second home! The bus to Phnom Penh was really posh, and we were both pleasantly surprised that we were the only Westerners on it. The scenery that we passed on the roadside was pretty crazy. All of the landscape was really flat and water logged, which is quite possibly why it is called the wet season! At some points on the journey, there was water on both sides of the road, as if the road was going right through [View Full Entry]

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Since arriving in Cambodia, we'd felt really touched and overwhelmed by everyone we'd met, and as such decided that we wanted to really get involved with something while we were here. We stumbled across a flyer for Cambodia Orphan Fund in a restaurant, checked them out on the Internet, and decided that we should volunteer with them. On our first day, we met up with the other volunteers and they were all really sound, as well as the children who who super cute. The 34 children who live there all go to Khmer school in the morning, and then over 100 [View Full Entry]

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After spending the last few months in Thailand, we were definitely ready for some new challenges, although we were both pretty sad to be saying goodbye to Little Suze and Justin. The bus that we caught from Bangkok to the border went without any hitches, and seemed to be over before we knew it. Once at the border we had to fill in three separate forms, but there were a few English speaking people there who were all quite helpful, apart from them giving us lots of warnings about being mugged once we got through the border! We had been quite [View Full Entry]

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After taking Suzie back to Bangkok to catch her flight, I met up with Robbie and Justin at Ko Pha-Ngan. We decided to go to a Full Moon Party while we were there as it would have been rude not to! It was pretty crazy, the beach was full of people partying and it was a good thing to see. The tunes were a bit ropey, but the atmosphere was good, and all of the people that we met were pretty cool. We met a man called Nick who had a picture of his own face drawn on his chest, which [View Full Entry]

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Since coming to Thailand, we have had no shortage of stunning beaches, and as the boat drew closer to Ko Phi Phi Don, we were not disappointed! It was simply stunning. We found some really cheap bamboo huts to stay on that were on the beach. They were in the process of being rebuilt still since the Tsunami, which the owner explained had devastated the area. The following day, Suzie, Justin and I went for a tour of Ko Phi Phi Leh which is where apparently both The Beach and James Bond were filmed. The long tail driver who took us [View Full Entry]

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As soon as we arrived in the airport, we ran into the two Australian girls, Megan and Tiffany who we'd been in the Bollywood film with in Mumbai. As far as coincidences go, to be getting the same flight was pretty amazing and we were all really buzzing off it. Megan and Tif were also telling us about there experiences in Sri Lanka, and the stories that they'd heard from people about the aftermath of the Tsunami, and it was really heart wrenching to hear. Me and Robbie did have the best day ever in Kuala Lumper. The flight was really [View Full Entry]

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When we went to Phuket, the rain came as well. The heavy downpours actually caused flooding on the journey there. We decided to stay in Phuket town, and we were really pleased to see how Thai it was, as we hadn't exactly heard good things about Phuket from other travellers We decided to go to the cheapest guest house in the book for a room, and we really surprised when we booked in to it that it was the same hotel that Leonardo DiCaprio stays in, in The Beach. It was called On On Hotel, and despite the rain leaking on [View Full Entry]

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The journey to Krabi was really pleasant, and we were all really well looked after with lots of space for Suzie to put her leg up. Krabi town itself seemed really Thai, which was good after Ko Samui, and all the locals were really friendly. Suzie and Justin made good friends with a boat man called Puk who introduced them to his whole family. The food was also extremely cheap and delicious! Whilst at Krabi, we took a trip to the most beautiful beach that we have viewed in our whole lives. Ts was called Riley Beach and it was stunning! [View Full Entry]

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