Ho Chi Mhin City, Mekong Delta and Nhu Trang Most of the major towns we have visited have got a lot of traffic but Vietnam was busier than any we have seen. There are more scooters in this city than any other in SE Asia. It is absolutely crazy, zebra crossings mean nothing, mopeds, bicycles, cars and buses whizz past you regardless. It's like being in a live video game only we don't have 3 lives. All you hear is the constant screeching of horns as all vehicles...

Homestay - ChambokAfter 3.5 hours on a very uncomfortable cramped bus we arrived at our first homestay of the trip, we have 3 in total. After having such a great homestay in Thailand last year I had high expectations for this. Homestays in Cambodia are a new and fast growing source of income for remote villages and I am all for that. However it was all a bit disappointing.It was lovely when we first arrived as all the children flocked to meet us; I've never seen ...

Tuoll Sleng Genocide Museum (also known as S-21) & The Killing Fields of Choueng Ek Our next stop on the trip is the capital city of Phnom Penh, it means Lady Hill but you have to watch the way you pronounce it or it means Lady Cake. We arrived around lunch and we took part in an organized tour which would take us to the killing fields and genocide museum. Having a little knowledge of the genocide in Cambodia, the trip to the site was filled with appr...

Cambodia and the temples of Siem Reap It's been an eventful few days, which began with a 4.30am, start to catch the sunrise over the magnificent Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap. Angkor Wat has been recognized as one of the 7 wonders of the world and it's easy to see why. Taking 37 years to build with 40,000 elephants helping build this wondrous sight it truly is breathtaking. The scale may not have been matched by our next stop but the ruins of Ta Prohm were...

The first part of our trip (the islands) is now over and we have embarked on the next part which takes us through Cambodia. Looking back over the past 3 weeks we have had a fun and relaxing time, both in equal measures. I can also see a pattern that has emerged and that is we have both been raising our tolerance levels, to pretty much everything. Our stomachs have become more tolerant to spicy food, our skin has become more tolerant to the humidity and sun, our s...