Through customs very swiftly and hop into a cab for our hotel in District 1; the backpacker area of Pham Ngu Lao. Our hotel Duc Vuong is very nice and we are welcomed with warm smiles then head out for a walkabout to get our bearings. Although there are motorbikes coming at you from every possible direction the city seems rather serene with it's colonial buildings and green boulevards. We have decided that HCMC sits between Bangkok and Phnom Penh in terms of...

Trains on time through the floods of the home counties and down to Gatwick for a night at the airport. No not a new film with Ben Stiller. Anyway up early and in to the airport for the obligatory worry whilst you get your email ticket processed and get your bags whisked off to hopefully meet with you 8000 miles later. Popped in for a coffee which tasted good - we heard Vietnam is the world's second largest coffee producer so should be in for a treat. The coffe...

Greeted by a huge hug from our neighbour Linda, seeing all the cars and people that we know and love we are feeling at home once again after a month of discovery. We have had a trip to remember, thanks for reading and for your comments that were very welcome.

Picked up from our hotel at 9.15am for the long journey to Bangkok. Our minivan looks somewhat luxurious in comparison to the transport we have taken in Laos and Cambodia. It takes 8hrs to reach our hotel which included the ferry, a couple of stops for the loo, lunch and a sick break for a little Amreican boy who had car sickness; bless him. The worst part of the journey was getting through the Bangkok traffic; without using the expressway took about two hours to...