After 2 months of blue skies of which the last 6 wks have been blistering hot, we have finally found some of that wet stuff falling from the sky. In fact a little too much as a lot of the roads on the coast of Vietnam were flooded, but just about passable on our bus ride to Nha Trang. There doesn't seem too much point in touring islands in the rain, so we have taken some downtime to reflect on the first 2 months of our trip....which has gone amazingly quickly! W...

As our boat slowly trudges it's way though the murky vast expanse of river, we have traded daily battles with the countless mopeds of Saigon for the numerous rowing, long tailed or larger boat traffic of the Mekong Delta. The area is home to 400 km of waterways and a quarter of Vietnam's 80 million population. No where does a country's economy and it's people depend more on a life force of a river than Vietnam! The river not only supplies fish and a crucial tran...

With my heart still pounding, arms shaking and ears ringing from the shooting range, the tour moved swiftly on to the main attraction, a section of Viet Cong tunnel. Specially widened to allow tourist access, this section of tunnels is entered through a bunker. Dropping to around 3 metres we then crawled through a short twisty section of these historical war remains. As you squat crawl through the tunnels, legs starting to burn and your body temperature rising ra...

We didn't remember Bangkok as being such a clean and modern city. It may have improved in the 2yrs since our last visit but more likely it just appeared this way after a 3.5 hr flight from Delhi. As the taxi pulled in to my friend PJ's flash apartment complex we couldn't have been further away from the backpacker trail! Bangkok is a big city with a population of 7.7 million. As with any other capital city we have visited so far it is pancake flat, hectic and hea...

Sharp jagged jungle capped rocky mountains rise steeply from the crystal clear turquoise waters, glistening under the perfect blue sky. The water shallows to fine white sand and green tropical vegetation. As our long tail boat pulls into Maya Bay you can see why they made a film about 'the beach'. Situated in the Andaman sea off the South West coast of Thailand lie Ko Phi Phi Don and the magical nearby island of Ko Phi Phi Lay- made famous by the Leonardo Di Ca...