Date: 11th June 2011 Place: Mui Ne Weather: hot again J It was an early start for the bus today from Da Lat to Mui Ne. Of course we sorted out our breakfast and lunch before rushing off to get on the mini bus that was picking us up from outside the hotel. We thought this was taking us to a coach like they normally do, but after an hour and once we were well outside the city we gave up on this hope and accepted that we were on this super rickety little mini b...

Date: 9th June 2011 Place: Da Lat Weather: cold because were up in the highlands We got up again just in time for breakfast. The place we were staying at is famous throughout DaLat for its amazing breakfast. There was all the fruit you could ask for, bacon, egg cooked in any way you like, peanut butter, marmite, jam, fresh baguettes, coffee, papaya juice, etc. We had our fill and then made some lunch for ourselves out of the rolls and fruit. Today we deci...

Date: 5th June 2011 Place: Ho Chi Minh City aka Saigon Weather: sunny but also hard rain at one point We were woken up at about 5am today to go to the border. The border crossing wasn't too painful and actually fairly quick! We then had another 4 hour ish journey to HCMC. When we got there we knew we wanted to go to My My Guesthouse because we had heard great reviews about it. Since we had asked the guide on the bus where it was we knew it was close but didn'...

Date: 3rd June 2011 Place: Sihanoukville to Phnom Penh Weather: Sunny/rainy After waking up once again, with a wine head I vowed that to be the last time I get in such a state on my travels, I hate not remembering and feeling like crap the next day, especially when I had yet another bus to catch to get to Pnomh Penh. After having breakfast, saying goodbye to the guys again and getting some food supplies for the journey we got on the bus. It was only a shor...

Date: 1st June 2011 Place: Sihanoukville Weather: Raining We arrived at Sihanoukville around 7am and we took a Tuk Ttuk to Monkey Republic which is a guesthouse we had heard about but it was full so we ended up going to a really posh place across the road, called Beach Road Hotel. It was lovely and we were right next to the pool, but for $20 a night, there we were again..flashpacking!! We slept until 1pm and then we went down to the beach to get some food...