Well, what an amazing day it has been. We arrived just over 24hrs ago to a humid mass of strange smells, kind people & a party going on just over from our hotel. Bangkok is overwhelming, there are billboards, lights, action, smells, food, animals, people, dancing, singing, motorbikes, scooters, tuk-tuks, buses, cars..... everywhere all at once, or so it feels like. After a good sleep last night we breakfasted before heading back to the airport (5 minutes away) this morning to visit the Thailand Tourist Bureau & Starbucks! We collected some brochures, and after an amazing Toffee Nut Frappuccino we caught the Sky Train and headed into the city centre of Bangkok :) What an incredible experience! We only had a day on Bangkok so we went to The Grand Palace to see where the Kings ... read more

Our train to Da Nang was leaving Saigon at 11pm, so we enjoyed a lovely 'ca phe' while we waited at the station coffee house! It is very sad to say goodbye to Saigon as we have totally fallen in love with this city, but I'm sure we'll be back. Once we boarded the train and found our 'cabin' we found that we were sharing our room with two vietnamese men. One of which was an older gentleman who went straight to bed, the other who wasn't so much of a gentleman and who proved to be a bit of a pest. Despite that, we slept on and off and were relieved to see both men leave the train at Na Trang at 6am the next morning! Cà phê - The BEST coffee in the world! ... read more

What a beautiful city. Gorgeous flowers & greenery everywhere - so well looked after. Everything is pink! They have such a beautiful sense of pride in their city and it shows. It actually looks like a 'Sims' game where there are little 'maintenance' workers everywhere! It's fantastic! We had doors opened to us and people bow to us (not that I’m very comfortable with that) and just treat us like we were royalty (I am surprisingly pretty comfortable with that!). We caught a public bus to Orchard Rd. (S$1), a very exclusive shopping precinct and it was full of colour and noise and people and cars and shops and orchids and .... and ... and... just so much to see & do. Taxi's everywhere. Crazy driver's - not one blinker! They just change lanes whenever they ... read more