Day 1 Hours driven: 10.30am-6pm From: Ho Chi Minh City, to: Bao Loc (Central Highlands) Distance covered: 180km From Simon: The night before we were due to depart Saigon, it felt like everything was coming together as if it was meant to be. The bike was a very simple transaction, $400 cash and Kevin - the mechanic we bought the bike from, who seems to equip backpackers with a reliable bike as his main business - sorted us out with a great map of Vietnam, p...

Our intro to Vietnam made our entry into Siem Reap and first steps into Cambodia, calmly riding on the back of two motorbikes, look like nothing in comparison…as soon we crossed the border by bus from Cambodia into Vietnam, the very next thing we saw was the biggest swarm of mopeds/motorbikes coming towards us, as if the nearby Honda factory was giving them out for free. We had heard this was typical of Vietnam, but was still quite a sight…and little did we ...

A Mekong Whisky bar crawl on our last night in Phnom Penh was perhaps not the best way to end our stay there, before an early start the next day for the bus down to Cambodia's south coast, but maybe we needed it after what we had seen and learnt in the last few days…although not that we need an excuse for a drink or two really. Our next port of call was an island off the south coast, called Koh Rong, one of the many tropical islands dotting the coastline, and ...

Siem Reap, the gateway to explore the famed temples of Angkor, gave us our first taste of Cambodia, and an introduction to the country's golden days of history. After arriving at Siem Reap International Airport, we jumped on two motorbike taxis to find a guesthouse - loving the laid-back attitude that SE Asian transport lends itself to! We spent two days giving our thighs a good work out as we walked up and down step after step to explore the massive temple com...

Our last few days in Borneo were spent in Sarawak, in the south, and we based ourselves in the Old Chinatown of Kuching, the state's capital. From here we took a trip to the Semenggoh Nature Reserve, which claims to be the best place to see orangutans in their natural jungle habitat. Having seen them in the wild already, you may wonder why we would choose to then go and see them in a sanctuary, but the opportunity to see these wonderful creatures at close(r) ra...