With David, our friend from Galicia, Spain. Only half the height of Mount Kinabalu, and one tenth of the difficulty. But still higher than Ben Nevis, and the second highest on our travels, we think.
Saigon and Southern Vietnam June 15th 2012 Our first impressions of Vietnam were not favourable. We’d taken a by now customary six hour bus journey, this time from Phnom Penh to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). We arrived in mid-afternoon, in the pouring rain. When it pours in the tropics, it really does pour, like a million buckets of rain being emptied at once.
Unfortunately, the Cambodian bus drivers could not tell us where precisely we we ... read more
Asia » Vietnam » Southeast The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more
Not only did we decide to spend the rest of our lives together, we thought we should embark on a somewhat over the top honeymoon - with an extended trip around South East Asia and Australasia.
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