My bus arrived in Phenom Peng and I was greeted by Hannah, whom id met in Ho Chi Min (Saigon) She lives here in Phenom Peng and had kindly offered to put me up for a few days! I was quite looking forwards to a few days in a home rather than a hostel or … More Phnom Penh
During the years of 1975 to 1979 the Khmer Rouge, Cambodias Communist party, lead a government sponsored Genoside across the country. Over 4 years an estimated 2-3 million people were murdered, ¼ of Cambodias population. We in the west were completely oblivious to what was going on. The country was closed off and the … More Tuol Sleng and The Killing Fields
The flight from Laos to Cambodia was in another tiny propeller plane, but fortunately this time it was smooth and eventless. I decided to spend my time in Siem Reap in a hotel and was pleasantly surprised when they arranged to pick me up from the airport for free! I met the guy holding the … More Siem Reap
I jumped in a tuk tuk and headed off to our boat. The slow boat was due to take 2 days, 8 hours each day slowly meandering down the Mekong, with a night stop in the small town of Pakbang. The boat itself was a long thin barge like boat with old coach seats along … More The Mekong and Luang Prabang
I arrived in Laos and had to get my visa. There was a crazy que to get the form, to get a pen for the form and then to submit and pay for the Visa. Not the best of organisation. I hoped in a taxi and headed off to my hotel in Vientiane. After the … More Laos and the Gibbon Experience
The bus from Da Lat to Hoi An was very long and very bumpy. Lee and I were places right at the back. The 3 seats allowed us to spread out at bit but we were in constant fear of someone coming on claiming the 3rd seat! That would have made for a very squashed … More Hoi An
After a fantastic start to my Vietnam adventure in Ho Chi Min (Saigon) I boarded a flight to Da Lat. I knew absolutely nothing about the place other than it offered some good canyoneering trips, having enjoyed my last one in Moalboal.I was keen to do it again. As I got off the bus from … More Da Lat
I am a firm believer that life’s best (and worse) experiences come from when we step out of our comfort zones. That has always been true for me, and many of those good and bad experiences have come when travelling. I recently worked out that over the past 10 years, 4 have been spent backpacking, … More Sex, Drugs and Booze. The Dark Side of Backpacking.
As I stood in the que at immigration in Ho Chi Min airport I was wondering if they were even going to let me in. I had planned to head to the Vietnam embassy in Manila to secure a months Visa, however a delayed flight meant the embassy was closed when I arrived. So I … More Ho Chi Min (Saigon)
I managed to sleep through my alarm on the morning of my flight to Palawan!!!! A mad rush ensued. I missed my initial ferry back to Cebu so had wait another hour for the next, by the time my ferry docked I had 1hr 15 until my plane left, a 30 minute mad motorbike … More Palawan
