Arrival in Singapore. I am staying in China Town. 

From Muine, I got back on the open ticket bus to Dalat. Dalat is the highest and therefore the coolest (in temperature) city in Vietnam. This may explain why Dalat is also the honeymooning capital of Vietnam! Dalat is a surreal town.   It is concrete and kitsch.  

Forgive me for this shameless self indulgence but using the words from Apocalypse Now - Saigon... sh**; I'm still only in Saigon... Every time I think I'm gonna wake up back in the jungle... Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) is traffic chaos. There are very few cars but thousands of motos (cross between a moped and a motorbike). They can drive on both sides of the road and there are very few traffic rules. You need to say a prayer before crossing the road he...

Phnom Penh, the capital city of Cambodia is a great place to spend a few days. I was here just two days but packed them with visiting the Russian Market, Royal Palace & Silver Pagoda, S21 the Genocide Museum and the infamous and tragic killing fields. The killing fields, discovered after the Cambodian people's liberation from the Khmer Rouge regime, have been left as a memorial to those who died. A large glass tower filled with some of the skulls of the many d...

Siem Reap is a town of incredible growth and change. For example, one month ago there were no ATMs in Cambodia. Now, in Siem Reap, there is an ATM on most street corners. The ATMs distribute US dollars and are strictly for the tourists. They are also guarded by armed guards. Angkor Wat and the temples are as amazing as one would expect. Angkor Wat itself is awe inspiring but for me the most spiritual was Ta Phrom or "Jungle Temple". This temple has b...