NHA TRANG: symbolic with R&R, used extensively by troops during Vietnam war for escape from the nightmares. It is a resort town- with a great long white beach on the sea front-clear water and very good beach service - manicure,pedicure, great food either at the restaurant or supplied by the little conical hatted women- who supply the most sublime seafood cooked over a fire in front of you. Winkles the size of shoes, succulent crabs, and other sea stuff there isn'...

CAMBODIA-Siem Riep- means "Siamese defeated" The Thais defeated the Cambodians between 1794 and 1902- infact controllling Siem Reip -the centre of Angkhor Wat including all the other wonderful temples.In 19th Century that the French discovered Angkhor and returned it to its rightful owners-the Cambodians.Now hopefully they can treasure their jewel - and nuture the biggest positive thing to come to Cambodia- in last decade-tourism industry. ANGKHOR WAT- is the ...

Although I am in Nha Trang I am a bit backlogged with my journal- so here we go .... One thig I have learned pretty quickly is never assume you are understood..yes will be the anwer to everything but in reality when you are stacked high on the back of his motorbike and you reallise that you have passed the same dried squid stall 7 times you realise that you must be the new navigator.Not my strong gift at the best of times- however I am becoming an excellent ho...

In Phnom Penh- quite a cool ciity - but quite a different feel to Vietnam. Am in Le Royale- drafting my journal ,drinking a Mohito and chomping home made chips n salsa- Many of the journalists stayed here during the Killing Fields filming. But not to gt too lulled into a false sense of comfort zone- Am off to see a couple of movies about the Mines in Cambodia & History of Pol Pot regime._ 2 hours later- I sit speechless- time for another Mohito. BLimey I ha...

At least the Vietnames understand the suffering of the Cmabodian people as they have too suffered. For many older people,life is centred around family- more than nuclear rather extended.A family can number as many as 40 with distant relatives etc. They stick together like sticky rice -solving problems collectivley,listen to the elders and pool resources,coming together in times of trouble and joy. FAITH is their rock-Buddhism hass been a main ...