So from the capital, we had the longass journey down south to the islands, where we had to get an overnight bus followed by a 2 hour catamaran. As we'd already formed a pattern with Asian transport being crap, this was no different, surprise surprise! But it was in actual fact a French family who made it so eventful this time round.. Let's just say they were extremely rude & obnoxious and weren't used to backpacker buses with little leg room!! Anyway we arri...

So after the bus journey from hell, and I think probably THE worst one to date, we arrived in Siem Reap - having endured a protest, a ferry ride, some of the most atrocious roads I've ever seen, and 17 hours of numb bum instead of what was supposed to be just 12! We got up early on NYE to go explore, as we'd heard that there were gonna be some pretty special celebrations going on later that night, and we certainly didn't want to miss out! The infamous 'pub stree...

We arrived in HCMC (or Saigon as it's also known) at 7am and the city seemed to be in full swing already! Heading for a cash machine we were amazed to see that there were even more motorbikes than in Hanoi.. we didn't think that was possible! Touch wood the one & only time this will happen while we're away but the machine decided to swallow Billy's card, which we were not impressed with, and it's certainly not what we needed at that time of day either.. but w...

So a seriously unpleasant 5 hour bus journey later and we arrived in Mui Ne... or so we thought! We were actually 10 minutes away, but the driver decided he needed to sort his tyres out, so next thing we knew we were being driven up a concrete block, and being jacked up WITH all the passengers still on the bus!! As with all Vietnamese transport, we didn't know how long this was gonna take... so we grabbed our stuff and flagged down a taxi instead! The little res...

The journey here was the worst yet as it was sooo bumpy on the top bunks, and the air con was stuck on high so it was freezing. But HEY! All part of travelling I suppose. We arrived into the city at 6am alongside the beach, and it was mad to see so many people already soaking up the sun at that time of day! We didn't think we could check in so early, but we got lucky and managed to grab a few hours sleep before chilling downstairs for the rest of the afternoon. ...