We took a trip to the Mekong Delta, boarding a boat at My Tho for a tour of the surrounding islands. On the first island we walked through the jungle-like vegetation to find a restaurant by the water where we enjoyed a delicious sea-food lunch followed by a horse and cart ride through the countryside. We then saw some honey-bees, had honey tea with sugar-coated nuts and got to hold a huge snake! We moved on to 'Coconut Island' where we tasted sweets and a spirit...

We took a trip out of Saigon to the Cu Chi Tunnels - a system of around 250km of underground tunnels that were constructed during the Vietnam War for locals and Viet Cong soldiers to hide in when the Americans were bombing the area. Our tour began with an explanatory video; clearly the Vietnam War (or American War as it is known here) is a serious and sensitive issue but it was impossible not to laugh at the propaganda - it described the US soldiers as 'crazed d...

My first stop in Vietnam was Ho Chi Minh City, more commonly known by it's previous name - Saigon. It didn't exactly endear me to the country or the people, (particularly having just come from Cambodia), everything was a bit frustrating. The people are not particularly friendly (/downright rude). It's a huge city, everything is crammed in, there are few open spaces and I found it difficult to find my way around. Every time I crossed the street was a trauma in its...

Phnom Penh is the capital city of Cambodia. It is quite different to the rest of the country with a lot of European-looking buildings, it even has shopping malls and department stores. However, not all the city is like that - there are piles of rubbish and rotting food in some areas that absolutely stink! Around the huge Independence Monument (commemorating liberation from French rule in the 1950s) is a park which seems like a nice place to relax - lots of peopl...

I had been really looking forward to chilling on the beaches at Sihanoukville by the Gulf of Thailand, so I wasn't best pleased when we arrived to a sky filled with storm clouds... Still, hoping for the best, I donned my bikini and headed for the beach, lying out under the cloudy sky with my ipod on to deter the hoards of people either begging or trying to sell me drinks, jewellery, books, sunglasses, massages, threading, etc... After about half an hour there was...