Dalat-170606 Having spent excellent R&R- general hedonism-manicures,pedicures and massages out the ying yang-time for some adventure.In the form of Easy Riders- a chpater of 30 bikers who take you on individual trips 3-5 days around the less travelled Lonely Planet Route. My driver Minh- full of useful and useless information- funny and a careful type took me inland from Nha Trang towards the mountains of Dalat. The most exquisite scenery ranging rom salt beds...

Nha trang 15th-June 2006 Had a good diving day- saw loads of moray eels, one the size of a bus.Was relieved not to see the entire body. Air supply would have diminished turbo speed. Am topping up tan - funny hey how blobbles look OK when of a brownish hue? The beach is empty pretty much until 5 pm when the entire town tumbles onto the beach. Picnics, kites, kiddies and proud grannies loll around enjoying the evening breeze. Have not had any ...

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...