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After a 5 hour speed boat ride on the tonle sap lake from phnom Penh we arrived on the outskirts of Siem Reap to hordes of tuk tuk drivers offering to take us into town. "any hotel you want sir for $1" in the hope that you will hire their services to take you to the temples of Angkor later. By the way I would not recommend this boat run as it is fairly cramped and bumpy. We wished we had opted for the bus instead which also takes 5 hours. We got a tuk tuk with a friendly guy called [View Full Entry]

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Well Guys,We left HCMC and a short 40 min flight later we were in Phnom Penh in Cambodia. The difference in the two countries was apparent from the outset. Cambodia appeared a much poorer country, with very dusty roads and off course a lot less maniac traffic. We stayed at Rorys guest house which was fairly central. The dollar certainly counts here. everything seems to be "one dollar sir" We hired a tuk tuk for the day to take us to Tuol Sleng Prison S21 and the killing fields. I wont go into too much detail of either here other than [View Full Entry]

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If we thought Hanoi traffic was mental then this city takes it to another level. You take your life in your hands every time you cross the road. The basic rules of the road, as for the rest of Vietnam, seem to be he with the biggest vehicle and loudest horn has right of way at all times. Traffic lights are just a decoration to fit in with the rest of this neon city. Its a lot more westernized than Hanoi. But for us we think we prefered Hanoi. We stayed in Madame Cucs near the backpacker district which was fairly [View Full Entry]

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Hi all, First off thanks to all for leaving mesages and comments, we sure are getting a good laugh from them. So next stop on our travels was to the town of Hoi An in central Vietnam. First impresions here were not good. It seemed to be from the same place as those packake tourists resorts... the very depths of hell itself. Street after street of tailors and souviner shops. But as they say you should not judge a book by its cover and we ended up having a great time here. The first day we spent wandering around the old [View Full Entry]

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Arriving back from halong bay we took yet another over night train to Hue, the Reunifcation express this time, our third overnight train in five days so I guess we are getting used to them by now. For company on this journey we had an elderly chinese couple. Of course they didnt speak any english and for sure we cant speak a word of chinese but I guess sign language is universal. We offered them a beer much to their amusement, although they didnt want any they appreciated the offer. A few minutes later they give us some chinese food which [View Full Entry]

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Hi I think we will just let the pictures do the talking for this one!! [View Full Entry]

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We took the over night train from Hanoi to Lao Cai in northern Vietnam on the chinese border. From here a minibus took us to the village of Sapa where we met our guide, a cheeky little local girl called Chi with a quick turn of phrase. The first days trekking involved a 12km hike through the mountains to a local village where we stayed the night with a local family. We had a fantastic time here with the other people in our group, an australian couple Lynda & John and a German called Thomas. We went swimming in the river [View Full Entry]

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