Woke up in the Magic Sponge, a great hotel and cheapest room we have stayed in yet. We decided to explore Kampot by bike, and with my map in hand (I'm getting rather good at cycling and map reading at the same time) we set off. Kampot is like a French colonial town, and everything seems very traditional here. It was nice to see a market whose purpose it was for the locals to get their food from, even if the raw meat smell hanging is starting to turn our stomachs,...

12th October We visited the bookworm in Ho Chi Minh for my last taste of marmite,and Carly's last sip of a proper Yorkshire brew for a while, then spent an hour just soaking up Vietnam until our bus arrived to take us to Phnom Penh, Cambodia. According to our hostel, this bus will have wifi although if I'm honest, I'd just be happy with a toilet... The Cambodia/Vietnam was the easiest border we have crossed by land so far, so quick! We arrived in Phnom Penh at ...

10th October A 6 hour bus journey with our travel pal Rowan to the city of Saigon, or as it is now known Ho Chi Minh city. We used up what was left of the day by exploring the capital, what a city, I think I'm in love! Morgane and I had heard so many horror stories about people being mugged and robbed here that we thought we would constantly be on edge, but with our bumbags on we felt safe and secure. We visited the day and night market where we were pulled and ...

6th October Getting woken up at 8am for our Easy rider tour to Dalat was interesting as the previous night we had been out for my birthday. Lets just say by 2pm I couldn't remember getting up that morning....definitely still drunk! We were picked up by Bambo and his 'brother from another mother' to be taken to our next destination. With our bags strapped to the back of the motorbike we were away! By 12 my hangover had well and truly kicked in, but the fresh air ...

30th September Woke up this morning after a very pleasant night bus from HoiAn to the most beautiful sunrise over NhaTrang beach that we have ever seen. We were also extremely shocked to see the amount of people that were on the beach exercising at 5.30am! Crazy. The bus was one of our better journeys, made easier with the company, Rowan, a nomad from the USA, and Nick from England who kept us entertained with films and conversations. Arrived at our hotel at 6am...