As promised previously, I will begin with the Junk trip around Ha Long Bay. Ha Long Bay is peppered with hundreds of little rocky islands and we had just over 4 hours on the trip to sail through and explore the bay. After having a seafood lunch on the Junk, we made our way to one island which has a rather large limestone cave. We walked around the cave with the guide giving us a run down on how the locals used the caves and he pointed out a few stalagtites that ...

Okay, hopefully this is third time lucky for writing this blog. The 2 times before this the power has mysteriously cut out. Frustrating? Oh yeah! But power cuts are a common occurance in Vietnam. I am now in Ha Long Bay but obviously have a lot to update since I last wrote about Cambodia! After chilling out and getting massages in Sihanoukville, Cambodia for a couple of days, we left for Chau Doc, Vietnam on the Monday morning. Border crossing and Bus rides wer...

Phew, where to start? Our day of Temple visits in Siem Reap was extrordinary. We visited about 4 or 5 different temples over the course of the day and they were fantastic! We visited the Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom, Ta Prohm (aka Tombraider temple), Bayon, Ta Keo and the Terrace of the Elephants. Each temple is surprisingly different given they were completed at around the same time. Well most of them at least. Ta Prohm is where Tombraider was set and is really qu...

Phew! It is HOT! 35+ today apparently and I am sat in a glass room with 2 old desktop computers which run permanantly, no windows and a ceiling fan stuck on high which is circulating the heat. Comfy? Not really, so this is going to be a short one. Travelled from Thailand (Bangkok) to Cambodia yesterday. This was a welcome idea after the tour leader told us that Thailland is experiencing a heat wave and it was to get to 39 that day. We had an air conditioned van ...