Day 14 Ho Chi Minh city. For those people who have noticed these blogs getting longer and are worried that 'I need to get out more', then dont worry! Dining is an early activity here and most nights we are back at our hotels before 8.30 and tucked up in bed by 10.30pm. (Today's blog is especially long) Before I tell you of today's activities, I feel I should relate last nights dining experiences, which went from the sublime to the ridiculous. Or more precisel...

Day 13 Ho Chi Minh city. GOOOOD MORNING VIETNAAAAM...I've always wanted to say that! As I shout this (well OK I shout it in my head), I am sat on our spacious balcony watching the sun rise behind the Bitexco tower. I would say over but the Bitexco tower is over 70 storeys high so the sun has got a bit of work to do before it rises over the tower. Beneath me the metropolis is already buzzing as hundreds of motor bikes swarm around a large roundabout - and its ...

Day 12 Ho Chi Minh city. Today we leave Phnom Penh on route for Ho Chi Minh City, but not after a mornings sight-seeing. However sight-seeing hardly sounds the appropriate words as we are firstly visiting the prison at Tuel Sleng then onto 'The Killing Fields', before returning to the airport for our 2.15 flight. A more sobering morning could not be planned. Tuel Sleng was occupied by the Khmer Rouge troops under Pol Pot. The building used to be a school but th...