We're loving Hoi An and have decided to stay a whole week - can't believe it - the longest we have ever stayed anywhere since leaving Sussex is 3 days! The town is utterly delightful - very old and all the buildings are painted a sandy yellow colour with dark wooden fascias and interiors and lovely tiled oriental roofs, many are covered in bright bougainvillea or honeysuckle. We took a city tour and explored a Fujian Chinese temple dedicated to a goddess who p...

Had a lovely meal on our last night in Ho Chi Minh City. It was a top floor, open roofed, barbeque restaurant (called 3T) where the centre of your table doubled as a barbeque and we cooked beef, venison and fish all marinaded in wonderful sauces and spices and eaten with rice and salads. We followed this with an ice cream from the famous Fanny's ice cream parlour which was also delicious. The next day we caught the train to Nha Trang - and what an experien...

On our last day in Phnom Penh we did the other touristy things like the Royal palace and Silver Pagoda (so called because the floor is tiled with silver tiles), the museum where we were able to see some of the statues, carvings and inscriptions which had been removed there for safe keeping from the Siem Reap Wats and a temple or two. Nothing absolutely stunning but all interesting. When it came for the time to leave our adopted tuk tuk driver was desolate (pro...

Wednesday was a very sombre day in Phnom Penh as we visited the S21 prison and Killing Fields. The prison was extremely harrowing in particular and reduced us both to tears. They have preserved it remarkably as it was during the 1975 -1979 period when it was the main Khmer Rouge interrogation centre during their campaign to rid the country of all educated classes or those likely to resist their rule. During this period about 2 million were killed which was a ...

Another long day travelling from Hong Kong to Cambodia - much of it spent sitting around at Bangkok airport but since we were flying Bangkok Airways we were able to use their lounge which provided free internet and constant drinks and nibbles. The temptation was to spend 5 hours stuffing your face - but even that palls after a while, although Roger did wage a valiant one man campaign to eat everything on offer! The hotel is lovely - a recommendation from a...