Shayne and Babs

We arrived back in Saigon from Mui Ne late in the afternoon and checked into the same hotel we had stayed in for the last few visits to the city. Getting our suitcases that they had been holding while we have been off travelling around we got some clean clothes on and headed out into the madness for a spot of shopping and something to eat and for a change we decided to try some KFC since the last time we ate any junk food we were in New Zealand. After munching our way through a couple of bits of what we hope was chicken we couldn’t stop thinking why do people eat this crap and with the nice fresh food we have been eating over the last few weeks this made it taste like S@%T!! ... read more

We are in Ho Chi Minh for a two day stop over until we travel up to Mui Ne for our final week of our trip and the most relaxing part as well, 7 nights on the beach BLISS!!! But still it’s very cool to be back in the madness which is Saigon to some and Ho Chi Minh City to others. We travelled by plane from Vientiane via Phnom Penh then a short 20 mins flight to Saigon, Straight out of the airport grab the first taxi man we see and tell him we have been here before, we know it doesn’t cost $45 dollars from the airport, here is $18 dollars, Take us here!! No Bullshit!!! Now you may be thinking that I sound a little bit on the pissed off side but I’ve ... read more

PAKSE- After our adventures around the Bolaven Plateau we spent the next two days in Pakse recovering and doing a few wee sightseeing tours. And being on the go since we left London 5 weeks ago we haven’t had a day just to catch up and do jack shit all so this was the perfect time. We spent the first day with a good sleep in and then had a look around the shops, which we will say it’s the only time that a extra large t shirt hasn’t fitted as it was to small but never mind what can you say at $1.50 a pop you can’t go wrong! After that it was back to the hotel and we had room service for lunch, lay on the bed and did not a hell of a ... read more

We left Cambodia the same day that Laos Airlines must have been having a training day for their pilots, there was one part during the landing that we honestly thought that we were going to die but thankfully we touched down in Pakse in Southern Laos and proceeded with the usual 20 stage Visa process which seems to been the norm in South East Asia. Visas Done!! Now after a 2 hour van ride which we have now learnt that 2 hours actually means 5 hours in Laos, we board the boat finally for the last part of the days travel and after all the sore arses, near death plane rides we arrive at what must be the most chilled out place that we have ever visited!!!!!!!!! Don Det is part of the Si Phan Don ... read more

So we are now in Phnom Penh which is the capital of Cambodia. It’s a lot bigger than we expected and the poverty is really in your face and after the terrible past these people have really come along way. The thought of what happened here less than 30 years ago with the Khmer Rouge regime and all the horrible things that happened in this city and the rest of the country has hit home pretty hard with what we have seen over the last couple of days it has been a huge eye opener to say the least. First of all we arrived with very sore bones after our death defying boat ride up the Mekong River too find that all the hotels that we had looked at over the internet where full so we ... read more