We had a weird breakfast this morning in the hotel, Asia eats things for breakfast that I just don't get.....spicey noodles, rice, fish porridge etc etc! But at least we got a cup of tea (no milk). After breakfast we headed to the city zoo. At just £1.50 to get in, it's a bit of a bargain. The zoo had lots of the big attractions, elephants, Tigers, lions, bears, crocodiles etc, with a mixture of appropriate and non appropriate cages (I use cages intentionally re...

It turns out that even though Vung Tao is a seaside resort, it is mainly used by the Vietnamese escaping the rush of Ho Chi Minh and as Tet is approaching apparently the resorts become quite as people prepare for the holiday when they generally visit family and don't have time to chill on the beach. It was good in a way as it meant traffic was light and we didn't have to queue for anything, however as mentioned previously most of the restaurants appear empty. An...

So after the best sleep in the world ( Isla managed 16hrs ), we headed of by bus towards Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. The journey was long but enjoyable, looking at the water buffalo playing in the rivers and workers in the paddy fields. The journey should take a total of 7hrs and after 5 hrs we reached the Cambodia/Vietnam border. The buses aren't allowed to transport you through the border so we all had to get off, walk through a passport control outside the terminal ...