This is the third of four short blogs to fill the two week gap between Kampot, Cambodia and Dalat, Vietnam. While I still count HCMC in the nothing-to-write-home-about category, hence only blogging about it as we prepare to leave Vietnam, I did enjoy this energetic city. Yes, much like Hanoi, you can still be hypnotised by the perpetual whir of its orbiting motorbikes, but if you venture out beyond backpacker central you can find some almost peacful boulevards, a...

This is the second of four short blogs to fill the two week gap between Kampot, Cambodia and Dalat, Vietnam. As I've said, it's far too easy to get swept along and completely forget to blog -- especially when where you are is 'nothing to write home about'...In our humble opinions, the watery world of the Mekong Delta is just one of those places. If you're longing for a taste of local life far from fellow travellers (the rest of Vietnam is a hi...