So our last destination in South East Asia, well apart from Bangkok Airport, was Cambodia and we only managed to squeeze in a busy 6 days here. We flew into Phnom Penh from Phu Quoc via Ho Chi Minh City late on Tuesday. We had some problems with the hotel we had booked into and so had to make a few calls and sort out something else at about 8:30pm! Not a good start! However, we ended up at a beautiful hotel with a pool (although we didn't have time to test it out...

Hiya, just letting peeps know that we got to Cambodia ok after a bit of a wait at HCMC airport. Been to Phnom Penh, now in Siem Reap and enjoying Angkor Wat etc... Back to Phnom Penh day after tomorrow to fly to Australia..... one long journey. Siem Reap to Phnoh Penh - Taxi, 5 hours Phnom Penh to Bangkok - Flight, 1.5 hours (wait at Bangkok 5 hours) Bangkok to Melbourne, - Flight 9 hours Melbourne to Sydney - Flight 1.5 hours Sydney to Cairns - Flight 3 hou...

So, I have been allowed another go at this. Picking up where we left off, we managed to finish the 4-day Easy Rider tour ok. Was good fun but I think we were both glad to reach Ho Chi Minh City (or Saigon for those of us non-Commies). The last couple of days of the Easy Rider tour were spent doing much of the same "behind the scenes" Vietnam stuff. Without boring you in too much detail, I now know how to illicitly produce rice wine, make tofu, produce ...

Right, so then. Andy here, getting my first stab at blog writing. We were sad to leave beautiful Hoi An, but realised that we needed to start heading south and trying to stick to something like our planned itinerary. Left Hoi An and got a taxi to Danang (about an hour) and then flew south to Dalat, where we taxi'd it in to our Hotel. This was a beautiful, restored French villa. Was one of 20 that the hotel had bought and had done up, all in about 100 acres or ...

Hi just letting you know we spent a lovely 4 or 5 days in Hoi An and have now flown further south to Dalat. Will update with a proper blog soon. xxxx