26/07/13 I'm in Saigon! We arrived 2.5 hours later than expected and I'm couchsurfing with a couple of Vietnamese guys who own a café. This café is called 'English Rain' and is based on people coming to the café to speak and learn English. Here, I am treated like a minor celebrity. Let's start with when I arrived... An picked me up at the bus stop, luckily he wasn't waiting for me the whole time, but when he arrived I knew instantly, this guy is a laugh. Try...

The title of this blog "One man, One rotten bit of luck - Part II" is echoing from a blog 1 year ago "One man, One rotten bit of luck". This week last year I experienced a spell of bad luck, something about a car, and injuring myself a lot in this exact week. Well, the same luck repeated itself this year... 20/07/13 We should have stayed in Hoi An. We rode the night bus to Nha Trang. Arriving at 6am, we opted for the Hoi An approach and dipped into a café wh...

15/07/13 Hanoi! Stop being so nice! I uploaded the last blog in the bar, all I needed to do was leave the bar, walk to the travel agent and get on the bus. But no, you had to go and give me a free shot because I was leaving 30 minutes before happy hour?! I don't even understand, but thanks for the shot, it made my walk happy and tasty! 16/07/13 The night bus was the best night bus I've had, I don't mean to jinx it, but Vietnam is turning out alright! I had b...

11/07/13 Sat in the airport, having just had a beer, I'm not sure if it's a quiet time for the airport or what, but getting through security and immigration was easy as pie! Considering it is the country's main airport and it's a very poor country, things went ridiculously smoothly, minimal queues and there is free wifi. Now, about my journey, I fly from Phnom Penh to Hanoi in about an hour, and arrive at about 18:30. It is then up to me to get to Sarit's place....