The main (if not only reason) for visiting Siem Reap was to go to the Temples of Angkor. The temples span over an area as large as Manhattan in the US and were built over a period of 600 years, during this time being occupied by various Kings and had a population larger than London. We bought a 3 day pass and hired a tuk tuk driver to take us round, starting with the smaller temples on the first day and then leading up to the main attraction that is Angkor Wat, Bayon and Angkor Thom. I'm not going to write alot about the temples, as they are so vast and there would be pages and pages I could write so I'm just going to let the photos do the talking. The most amazing temple (in ... read more

Four weeks of seeing the beautiful Vietnam with my Mum and Peter, their holiday had unfortunately come to an end, so we all headed back to Bangkok the day before their flight back to London. After some more shopping in the shopper’s paradise that is Khao San Road and MBK Mall, we went for a meal and then back to our hotel ready for another early start the next day. We took the free shuttle bus from Plai Garden Hotel (near the airport) and said a teary goodbye to them both, it was so nice to have them here with us and sharing our experiences with them but sadly they had to go back to the ‘real’ world and leave us to it. We were planning on taking the Sky Train to the city centre but ... read more

After a rather uncomfortable train journey (we had to pick hard seat sleeper as there were no other seats left!) we arrived 2 hours later than scheduled in the town of Danang. As arranged our hotel sent someone to collect us in a large taxi and took us to our hotel in Hoi An a short drive away. The hotel itself is really pretty, with a large courtyard and a pool in the middle. The rooms however arent as nice as they should/could be, especially for $25 per night. We spent the first day with a short walk along to the old town and along the river front. Hoi An is a UNESCO· World Heritage City, like Melaka in Malaysia but alot more preserved with prettier buildings and more atmosphere. There are no cars allowed in ... read more

We arrived in Dalat on the 15th June after a long bus journey from Ho Chi Minh City. I had booked us a hotel online, YK Home Villa, which was a 10 minute drive from the city centre. When we arrived we were greeted by Lys who runs the hotel along with her husband and other family members. Our time in Dalat was made even more special by her and her family, as well of course all the beautiful scenery. On our first full day in Dalat we decided to book ourselves onto a Countryside tour and were picked up at 8am by a lovely tour guide called 'Buffalo', well that's what it translated to from Vietnamese apparently! We shared the comfortable mini bus with 2 other men who we had met the day before on ... read more

FOREWARNING - THIS IS QUITE A LONG BLOG, SO GO AND GET YOURSELF A NICE HOT CUPPA AND A BISCUIT We were in Melaka (also spelt Malacca) until 8th June after arriving on the 28th May following a short but bumpy flight from Borneo to Kuala Lumpur and then a two hour coach ride to the city bus station. Melaka is on the west coast in the south of Peninsula Malaysia and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Town in 2008. The city was founded in 1400 by a Prince who fled Sumatra after an attack in 1377, the legend goes that the Prince landed on the coast of Malaysia and went out hunting. Whilst he was hunting his dog ran off and when he found it, it was face to face with a mouse ... read more