After a very long seven hour bus journey this morning (which I slept for most of) we arrived in Ho Chi Minh City. One thing I have noticed in both Cambodie and Vietnam is that you can't seem to walk down a footpath without having to go on the road. So basically it's not a footpath at all because everyone and everything is out on the footpath or it has just turned into mud and is impossible to walk on. My initial impressions of Ho Chi Minh was Chaos; scooters ev...

Today was one of my favourite of my trip so far... Started with a bit of a coach journey in the morning to the Vietnam border. This was a very small border crossing consisting of tiny tin sheds. We arrived in Chau Doc (a small city near the border, on the river Mekong) late afternoon. Straight onto a boat trip along the Mekong. This was the higlight of my day, travelling on a long boat through the floating market, the stinky fish farm and to see a small village...