Hiya all Just finished our trip of the floating village and it was certainly a culture shock!! The smell hit us as soon as we got out of the car and we were immediately thinking that we had made a big mistake. Our fears were true when we boarded the boat. The grime and god knows what was holding the boat to the edge of the shore and people were in the water waist deep pulling boats along, I said to Rob that whatever happens I wa staying put on that boat a...

Hi to everyone from Cambodia, We've arrived here after Vietnam and first impressions are great - the hotel is amazing probably the best so far ...the only problem we had was gwetting into the country as it took us about an hour and half to get through the visa and passport controls - it must've been cause Shelley was looking shifty!! We were picked up early the next morning for our tour of the temples - as usual Shell pretended she was asleep in the bac...

Hiya We flew into Saigon yesterday and the heat hit us straight away. Our guide is a bit weird and is full of himself, what he hasnt done isnt worth doing!!! We had a city tour today and thankfully it was from the air conditioned van, we got to see the chinese herbal market where there were some delightful scorpions and other huge creatures stuffed in jars for medicinal purposes. Rob wanted to bring the Cobra home, as if!! I'm sure he thought he could...

Hi and greetings from Hoi An in Central Vietnam, We drove from Hue yesterday stopping off at Danang along the way to see a sculpture museum - not exactly our cup of tea but we had to show willing even if we were half asleep !! Hoi An is a beautiful old market town - the guide took us on a half day tour and we got to visit the Japanese Bridge, a 400 yr old Merchants House (thats where the Posh and Becks pictures were taken !) and a Silk Factory - we knew...

Hiya Yumm Yumm for our cooking lesson. We headed off to the restaurant around 3pm (the restaurant is owned by the guides sister so thats handy for the sister!) I had earlier in the day told the guide that I am a vegetarian (I dont even eat Chicken in Asia as I have read disturbing newspaper reports of another outbreak of bird flu in southern Vietnam and Asia) so for the purposes of the cooking class I am a Vegetarian (and so is poor Rob, he didnt get ...