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Well where are we up to? We left HCMC on Saturday morning after a great night sat drinking with a group of local lads, drinking 30p Saigons and comparing slang words. We soon realised that we all enjoyed the DJ Station nightclub in Bangkok! Dalat is a very pretty place, like an Alpine village around a lake. The outdoor night market is fantastic with over 100 stalls selling great food including roasted chicken feet and great cakes. What always hits me about the stall traders is how I judge them to have so little, let actually they also have so much- friendliness, passion and a real zest for their life. On the Sunday we joined a day tour and had a great day in part due to meeting some great fellow travellers, Louis from Paris (who ... read more

Once again we are aboard the Mekong Express from Phnom Penh to HCMC (Saigon) in south Vietnam. We are enjoying a feast of local pop videos including one of young man mourning the tragic road accident involving his lifelong love- something that must pull at the hearts of all Cambodians given their driving skills and roads. Well let’s get the point, that is the blog entry from this great Kingdom. We have spent 2 nights in the Cambodia Kingdom capital. The city, like ye olde London sits on the grand River Tonle Sap and flanked to the south by a communist style boulevard. It is a manicured, litter free and people free area, yes the fair folk of Cambodia are not permitted to disturb the order. At one ends stands the Victory Monument in celebration of ... read more

‘Tis a splendid honour to be writing another blog entry to my fellow citizens of our great land (U.K.). I do hope this reaches you and your footmen in good times. For those who have experienced weather from icy parts, I wish a swift recovery for your damaged ankles and that any temporary disability has not made you too narky. Since my last prose we (Rich and Rob) have had the most marvellous experience in Siem Reap (Kingdom of Cambodia)- to the King of Cambodia I applaud your wonderful country and folk. We adopted (in fact hired) a personal chauffeur (in fact Tuk-Tuk driver) for 2 days. Our first day involved the tour of the splendid temples of Angkor. What a marvellous day of many sights and a joy to be a visitor. After many stops ... read more