Phnom Penh Beautiful country, beautiful people, ugly history… We have yet to see Angkor Wat (leaving tomorrow morning) and the crown in the Khmer Empire's reign over the region hundreds of years ago. Today we saw the other thing that makes Cambodia famous. Pol Pot's war on development and the educated people in the country has left scars that will take generations to heal. Estimates run that between 1 and 3 million people were killed by the Khmer Rouge. To...

Saigon and Mekong Delta tour: Into Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon for the locals) and on to Cambodia via the Mekong Delta. Saigon is a buzzing, beeping, steaming metropolis that cannot seem to sleep. I had been here for an exhibition last year and immediately liked the place and the people as it is much the same as China. There's always someone who's in a hurry to get something somewhere done and get it done BEFORE you do whatever it is that you want to get done. Some...

A quick workshop to make your viewing experience of our site better: 1) There can be more than one entry per place, but it only shows up as a small drop down menu at the top of the first entry for that place e.g. Lijiang. This way you don't miss anything if we're in an awesome place we just want to keep typing about. 2) If the videos don't load properly or they're choppy - press "pause" and let them load until they're finished. 3) Messages: Thanks to...

Scuba diving: Nha Trang After a decent case of ear infection in Hoi An and an extremely interesting hospital visit (pls see the video section) we went to Nha Trang to get our PADI certificate and to explore the ocean in a way Mother Nature does not approve of. Breathing underwater is the most unnatural act you get to do while keeping yourself alive.You get to "swim with the fishes" but not in the Mafia way i.e. only once. The training is very simple: ...

Since arriving in Vietnam, we have been extremely content. We are officially Vietnophiles and proud to be so!Our first trip to the country was 5 years ago and I've always been really keen to come back - Joey has been here on business a few times since. We have been trying to figure out what it is about the place that really attracts us: The food is absolutely amazing - for a start, there's almost no wheat in sight so I can eat without thinking twice. Sometimes ...