Having had the opportunity to travel extensively during one of my 3 previous ‘careers’, I had never travelled to Cambodia or Vietnam. In my opinion these two countries conjure up thoughts of backpackers and, for many, as places where terrible atrocities have taken place during our lifetime. I am able to reflect a little on our brief encounter with these two fascinating countries. My travellers tip for this part of the world is that you need to be calm...

But there is everything else - the koalas will have to wait till Oz. Sorry, that was Bob's idea, a terrible pun! Well, did Kuala Lumpur deliver too? It certainly did, especially cold white Sauvignon, albeit at a price! KL is an amazing city and we were lucky that our hotel was ideally situated close to the Petronas Twin Towers and the KLCC transport hub, so we could get to pretty much everything. The hot and humid weather continued and we were treated to some a...