Six people correctly stated that the monument is in Hanoi and that it depicts current US presidential candidate John McCain. Well done Simon W, Stuart D, Eleanor H, John B, Shaun S and Christian & Nicole. Unfortunately there can be only one winner (not really true but we’re too tight to buy six stamps). The [...]
We had originally planned a trip by motorbike from Phnom Penh along the bank of the Mekong to Kompong Cham then onwards to Kratie. Unfortunately no one in Phnom Penh wanted to rent us a small bike for the trip. Instead they offered us 250cc trail bikes. I didn’t feel far enough into my motorbiking [...]
We spent a few days in Cambodia’s capital city. Phnom Penh is a dusty, slightly chaotic but very likable city.
Despite Matthew being unwell again with a dodgy gut we still managed to visit most of the major attractions. For one of the days we hired a tuk-tuk with driver and were chauffeured around all the [...]
We have spent a week chilling out on the beach in Sihanoukville. The town was developed from a small fishing village into Cambodia’s only port in the 1950’s after the end of French rule meant that Cambodia no longer had access to the sea through the Mekong Delta.
There is not an awful lot to [...]
From Hoi An in central Vietnam down to Sihanoukville in southern Cambodia our diet has consisted almost exclusively of seafood. Very good seafood too.
Highlights have included: excellent fish cooked in banana leaf and served with lime sauce in Hoi An; a great fish hot pot eaten with the locals in Vinh Long; fantastically fresh and [...]
Here’s your chance to win your very own postcard from an exotic location decided by Rhian and I. To enter simply email us the answer to the following question before midnight (BST) on October 14th.
Question: The statue in the photo (click to enlarge) can be found in one of the cities we have visited over [...]
From Kampot we took a trip into the jungle of Bokor National Park. Trips into the park to see the hill station used to be relatively inexpensive but now that the area has been leased to a private developer any tour price needs to include a substantial bribe.
We began by hiking up into the mountains. [...]
We spent four days at the excellent Kep Lodge. Relaxing by the pool the trip finally felt like a honeymoon.
We spent time walking through the national park, eating excellent seafood and visiting the island of Koh Tunsay (Rabbit island). The tranquility of Kep Lodge was unfortunately spoilt by an unwelcome room mate. This little [...]
Crossing the border from Vietnam into Cambodia at the recently opened Prek Chak/Xa Xia crossing is right up there with the most exciting parts of our trip so far. Before last year the border had been for locals only but now it is possible to travel from Ho Chi Minh City, through the Mekong delta [...]
Hoi An has been one of our favourite places in Vietnam so far. It has a charming old town which has been locked in a time warp since the harbour became unusable when it began to silt up in the late 18th century. The influences of the Chinese and Japanese traders who settled here are [...]
