DAY 36 Our flight to Nha Trang was due to leave at 5.10pm so we ordered at taxi for 2pm to take us to the airport for a domestic flight with Vietnam Airways. The flight was comfortable and fast on a new Airbus lasting only 40 minutes. When we arrived at Nha Trang we took a taxi to our hotel which is only 5 minutes walk from the beach, we arrived just after 8pm. We didn’t hang around unpacking but went straight out to find some dinner and found ‘lonely planet’ recommended ‘cheers’ which was good food and reasonably priced. DAY [View Full Entry]

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DAY 33 We woke fairly early and went downstairs to a little courtyard and had breakfast, which was included in our room and talked about what we should do in Saigon, as the locals still call it. We decided upon taking a walk around the city although there is not a huge amount of things to see and do. It was strange being back in a large city again after spending so long in Sihanoukville; everything was very loud and fast paced. The traffic was amusing to watch as it is just a mess of bikes, scooters and the occasional four [View Full Entry]

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DAY 32: We had looked around tour operators to find the best way of crossing the boarder from Cambodia to Vietnam, we also asked the hotel we were staying with but they only wanted to sell us tickets with the same company we arrived with - no way! We knew the Mekong Express had the best reputation for service and travel experience and we eventually found a tour operator who could book us seats. The minibus arrived at 7am to take us to the bus station and we were instantly reassured as the staff labelled our bags and gave us a [View Full Entry]

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DAYS 26-30 After checking in and catching up on a few hours missed sleep we walked the 30 second walk to the beach to find some lunch. The bars are very close to the sea edge, leaving very little beach at the point closest to us and involved scrambling over rocks and into bars to avoid the waves. About 100 meters down the beach there is more sand and the bars are much nicer and quieter. The tourist industry here is very basic which is also what makes it very cheap - a backpacker’s haven of 50c beers and meals for [View Full Entry]

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The following entry is a detailed description of our trip for the benefit of fellow travellers. The day went surprisingly quickly and just after 7pm Teresa and I along with two fellow travellers were finding a way to fit with our luggage into a tuk-tuk to take us to the bus pick up point. We booked our tickets on the Virak-Buntham Express Tour & Travel and were pleased as we settled on to a bus exactly as advertised; large seats, reclining, lots of leg room, movie showing (although it was already half way through). We were lucky and occupied the last [View Full Entry]

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DAY 21: We woke up early this morning to catch the river boat from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap - the home of Angkor Wat. We jumped on board and went straight for the roof which offered the best views during our trip up the Tonle Sap River which runs parallel to the Mekong River and into the Tonle Sap Lake. We had a great ride - it was a pretty basic boat but it did have a toilet in the back at least. A boat like this would never exist outside Cambodia though, as it was lacking basic safety standards [View Full Entry]

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DAY 19: Sorry for not posting anything for a while - too much moving around. DAY 19: We travelled to Phnom Penh today - it was an easy, cheap and short flight with Air Asia. We arrived at the airport and have to admit it was a lot better than we had expected - it was pleasant if small. Our hostel owner greeted us with a named sign and big smile. We hoped into our tuk-tuk and made our way through the bedlam that is Phnom Penh traffic. We saw a guy with a double, yes double mattress strapped to the [View Full Entry]

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11.11.09 DAY 13: We flew from Hong Kong early this morning to Bangkok. We arrived to a wall of humidity when we left the airport and a very hot 33 degrees. We caught a metered taxi easily and arrived at our hostel the Roof View Place in under an hour. We checked in and were very happy with our room and the hostel in general - bit more like a hotel really but only £6 per night. We ventured out in the evening to check out the local neighbourhood - we are staying about a 5 min walk north of the [View Full Entry]

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DAY 10: Our first evening in Hong Kong was very full on - we arrived at our hostel on Sunday afternoon in Mong Kok, Kowloon which is the main shopping area of Hong Kong. I think the entire population of 7 million people descended on this area on Sunday afternoon - it was manic. Think of Oxford Circus, on a Saturday, the week before Christmas then times it by 100 and you’ll get somewhere close. You could hardly move on any of the streets. It was all a little overwhelming so we had a quick dinner and then went to bed [View Full Entry]

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DAY 1: So our story starts here in the oldest city in Asia - Beijing. We caught the Air France flight to Paris and then on to Beijing. The flights were uneventful but due to excitement getting the best of us neither of us slept very well. We arrived at Beijing airport just before 12 noon local time to the most efficient and organised visa & customs system we have ever encountered, even with the quarantine checks for Swine Flu. So we ventured onto the Beijing subway system, with our rather heavy backpacks and easily found our way to our hostel. [View Full Entry]

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