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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The friendly and atmospheric little town of Ha Tien may well have been our favourite place in Vietnam. Ha Tian doesn’t have that many tourists passing through but this is bound to change now that the Prek Chak / Xa Xia border is open to foreigners. We spent an enjoyable day exploring the area on [...]
After four months on the road we were looking forward to a few days of recharging our batteries on the idyllic Vietnamese island of Phu Quoc. We took the Superdong II ferry from Rach Gia to the island. We stayed in a bamboo hut just metres from the beach. Unfortunately our paradise island break turned [...]
From Ho Chi Minh city we wanted to explore the Mekong delta. Our plan was to make the most of the various Mekong tours offered by Ho Chi Minh city’s agents. We booked a trip to the floating markets at Cai Be and An Binh island which ended in Vinh Long. The trip was enjoyable [...]
We filled two days checking out Ho Chi Minh City’s main sights. The Reunification palace proved quite interesting. It had been left almost untouched since Saigon had fallen to the communists and the sixties décor and helipad made us feel as though we were walking through a James Bond set. I had recently finished reading [...]
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 [...]
The former capital city, Hue, provided us with two days of distractions. The walled citadel and Imperial city were a refreshing change from the from the heavily restored Chinese temples and palaces. Unrestored buildings emerge from the undergrowth scarred with bullets holes from the battle of Hue. We took a trip up the Perfume river [...]
