A spot of rain...! I left Siem Reap on a bus bound for Poipet - the Thailand/Cambodia border crossing. The journey there which takes about 7 hours is notoriously horrible, and yeah being squashed into a minivan with no aircon on the bumpiest road in the world wasn't particularly pleasant, but never mind we made it in one piece. After that we had to switch busses as I was heading straight down to Koh Chang rather than Bangkok. Here I struck gold and had a gloriou...

Well it turns out I wasn't on my own for long....! The next day I arrived back in Phomn Penh and was very happy to be back. I was staying with my friend Naomi for a few days in her very green flat with continuous power cuts and alcoholic neighbours. We spent a few most enjoyable days drinking too much, sleeping too little, and falling down muddy riverbeds in white dresses at boat parties! Oh and cat hunting. Naomi has decided she wants a kitten and was advised th...

We arrived in Hanoi the next day at about 5am. This was not good as nothing was open and it was already boiling and we were quite tired. Anyway...some genius (that would be me!) suggested that instead of spending another day milling about in Hanoi we should go and find a swimming pool! So we did, and spent the rest of the day lazing about the pool..and managed to have a free shower which is always nice when you're doing lots of overnight travelling. Being the lad...

Sumptuous Sapa!!! That evening we got a night train up to the North of Vietnam to a little place called Sapa. We had done lots of overnight buses but hadn't been on a train yet so it was very exciting. Apart from the ridiculously rude and unhelpful people at Hanoi train station, once we found our carriage it was lovely - all wooden and we shared a little cabin with a Vietnamese mum, dad and little baby which was cool. I slept really well on the train and only wok...

Sumptuous Sapa!!! That evening we got a night train up to the North of Vietnam to a little place called Sapa. We had done lots of overnight buses but hadn't been on a train yet so it was very exciting. Apart from the ridiculously rude and unhelpful people at Hanoi train station, once we found our carriage it was lovely - all wooden and we shared a little cabin with a Vietnamese mum, dad and little baby which was cool. I slept really well on the train and only wok...