Another early rise today, heading to Saigon. When walking to the bus station we stumbled upon a street stall selling Bahn Mi; a French style baguette filled with Vietnamese flavours. We had heard about them but were yet to try one. The filling is normally pork meat and a kind of pâté but we had been told not to ask what the filling actually is :-/! They fill it out with salad, chillies, soy sauce, chilli sauce, meat and coriander. It certainly opens up your...

Up by the alarm, and out the door for the boat. Today we are leaving Phu Quoc Island and heading to Ho Chi Minh (Saigon) City, with a 1 night lay-over in Can Tho. Two fresh plain baguettes were grabbed for breakfast, as we jumped on the 2.5hr boat ride to Rach Gia port on the main land. In Rach Gia we shared a bowl of Pho on the roadside whilst waiting for our onward bus to Can Tho. The onward bus journey was not great. Somehow there were 22 of us, and a dog, ...

A lie in was on the cards this morning followed by breakfast and mugs of tea until we decided what to do for the day. On our scooter day earlier in the week we explored the north, so today we would explore the south. Bums still slightly bruised from the dirt roads we chose a paved highway to start out on in the direction of some waterfalls. We arrived at a grand Jurassic park style entrance and scooted our way through the gardens to the entrance. Off the ...

We laid in bed and decided we really like this place. It was like being on a holiday rather than backpacking. No worries, no transportation hassles, and no planning or decisions to be made. Today started with a walk along the beach. We found a couple of deck chairs and a parasol to chill in, and chill we did. A whole pineapple was purchased from the fruit lady who chopped it up into bite size chunks. We eventually decided to stroll up the beach with the inten...

Another glorious day awaited us today. Siobh was left in bed while I devoured several mugs of tea in the hammock. Today we decided it was time... Time to hire a scooter. The roads looked good, minimal traffic and very few large vehicles. We had a 125cc Suzuki hired from the owners of our guesthouse. Filled up with fuel and we were off. First stop was breakfast, a fresh bakery for a selection of breads, croissants, and sweet goodies. We decided we would explor...