They say bad luck happens in threes, and along with the laundry incident in Ho Chi Minh City, the start of our trip to the Mekong Delta proved 'them' right. First, my bank card got cancelled for no good reason (rage!), then Selina and I were ripped off on the bus to My Tho, which ended up with us overpaying for our ticket. Needless to say, we were both fuming when we realised what had happened, but as the guy who scammed us had scarpered within seconds, we had to...

My introduction to Vietnam was a bit of a shock to the system! After Laos and Cambodia, it feels weird being in a proper big city again, at Ho Chi Minh City is big, buy and built-up, not to mention being home to the scariest traffic in the world ever. I am actually scared to cross the road here, and as for driving, well, there's no chance I'd get behind the wheel in this city - it would be worse than the time Juings tricked me into driving to Shepherds Bush by te...

My introduction to Vietnam was a bit of a shock to the system! After Laos and Cambodia, it feels weird being in a proper big city again, at Ho Chi Minh City is big, buy and built-up, not to mention being home to the scariest traffic in the world ever. I am actually scared to cross the road here, and as for driving, well, there's no chance I'd get behind the wheel in this city - it would be worse than the time Juings tricked me into driving to Shepherds Bush by te...

Sihanoukville is a very cooled and chilled-out place! I was half-expecting it to be some kind of party beach, like a Cambodian Ko Phan Nang, but it was much more about barbecues on the beach than full-on beach raves. There was one messy night that ended up with me carrying Selina home, but that was entirely our own doing! We think it must be something they put in the red bull here, he he! The beach here is quite pretty, but it's ruined slightly by the amount of ...

Some observations about Phomn Pehn... the traffic here is mental! There are cars and bikes and tuk-tuks coming from all directions at all times, and crossing the road is a nightmare, because as soon as there's a break in the traffic coming in one direction, the traffic going the other way spreads out to fill up the space! Traffic lights are ignored and drivers seem to have no fear - we saw one motorcyclist drive straight into five lanes of oncoming traffic - ment...