First of all, I'd like to say that I'm going to come out looking pretty bad after this entry.I'll show a lack of compassion, selfishness and overall preciousness but I have to tell it like it is, so here goes. We left Rob in the Bangkok airport feeling quite melancholy and Antony was still feeling ill but we knew that we were back on the road (well, in the sky). Months ago I mentioned to Antony that it would be a good idea to book a hotel in Singapore since we...

So we are off to Cambodia with our intrepid friend Rob, first stop the capital - Phnom Penh which was described as nice and sleazy by a friend of ours due to the number of pesky prostitutes. Well maybe it was the presence of Rachelle or perhaps we didn't look affluent enough but all we attracted were lots of beggars and people offering us rides to grim tourist attractions. Encouraged by our success in other cities we took the Lonely Planet's recommended walking t...

Every year after the summer holidays we would return to school to be set the task of writing the "What I Did During my Holidays" essay, this seems similar.Be warned fellow travelers (Jos, Kathy & Ed), Mr & Mrs P have decided that everyone who meets them has to provide a guest/celebrity blog.So here goes. After 2 exhausting days of traveling I was met at Bangkok airport by two cheerful, well tanned and by now experienced travellers.After a goo...

The 24-hours we spent in the Mekong Delta were some of the most memorable and unique we have had so far.We decided to avoid an organized tour and venture out on our own looking for a 'real' Vietnamese adventure. Saigon bus station has no signs or obvious information desks, semi-official people looked at our guide book and pointed at a shabby looking bus that we just pulling out.We jumped on realizing no one spoke English, the driver chuckled when we said Vinh Lon...

Saigon (officially Ho Chi Minh City) is one of those places that I always imagined as impossibly exotic and exciting, originating from the mythology surrounding the American war and its colonial past before that, I guess. As a consequence I tried to deliberately play it down in my mind so it would have achievable standards, however as it turns out, I shouldn't have bothered. The whole place is fizzing with energy from the moment you get into a cab at the airport ...