With an early start (and teary farewell for Erin), we took a 2.5 hour bus ride to the Cambodian border. Border crossings have to be done on foot and this was a first for us - doing a border crossing by land, dragging our luggage behind us. It was a very hot walk across no-mans land before entering Cambodian customs. Sue's phone said it was 34 but feels like 38. We were queued up with our luggage and people were pushing past us and ignoring lines. We didn't know ...

The group was heading to the Mekong river tour and although we were originally considering going again, the 5 hour round-trip bus trip wasn't appealing. Instead we went hunting for another coffee place. Steve also relented to the shoe-shine guys and paid to have his slides cleaned. The guy wasn't as thorough as the one we did for Sue's shoes in Hanoi but it was better than nothing. It didn't cost much and it helped the guy out. We ordered a Grab across to Ben T...

The group was heading out to the Cu Chi tunnels today so we did our own thing that morning. We wandered through the back streets behind the hotel and found a place for coffee. We decided that the Bahn Mi from the previous day was so good that we needed to go back. Once again, the queue was out the door. It was well worth the wait and we enjoyed another helping. We walked across the road and cut through a nearby park on the way to the War Remnants Museum. There w...

We had a very early start for our flight to Ho Chi Minh City and unfortunately we had to make a bit off an emergency stop asking the way for Sue at the toilet. Fortunately Chenda was there to save the day again and found a servo we could stop. We checked into our hotel and Chenda took us to a very famous Banh Mi shop just around corner from the hotel. There were actually two storefronts; one for customers in person and the other for Grab for deliveries. The Banh ...

A casual start to the morning in Hoi An before making our way into town for Vietnamese cooking classes. We all trekked out to the nearby produce stalls to take a look at the types of things we were going to be using in the class. There were lots of different herbs and veggies and we also saw the different types off rice available. Back in the kitchen, we shredded veggies, prepped various herbs and made a nice dipping sauce using fish sauce, chilli, garlic, sugar ...