Arrived to Phomn Penh by Vietnam airlines 35 min flight at 17.20. Handy. And toik a taxi to our hotel, La Maison d'Ambre. A bit poshy still, 'cause it was only a year old, or so. We had the Manhattan suite. Very nice. After checkin' in, went for dinner at the Asian Bistro in the riverfront. Already liking PP much more than HCMC. Here's somewhat nicer atmosphere, and this is much more compact city, it seems. Food was averige price, ~10-17 $/portion. I took a mix...

Breakfast at the hotel and then we had some coupla hours to spend before our flight to Phnom Penh. Went for a walk searching for a beer, didn't find that, instead a bag snatcher caught Niina, though in this case a phone catcher; a guy from a oassing moto grabbed Niina's phone which was in her roadside hand and tried to snatch it. Niina didn't let go, so she was dragged beside the micing moto for coupla metres, then she let go, the thief lost his balance in the in...

A day in Istanbul while changing the plane. We had 8 hrs to spend, so we went to the city centre by a metro and a tram, it took about 45mins to the stop where you could see the blue mosque and Hagia Sofia. Went also inside the blue mosque, since we were here now, and I guess we never will again. So we can say that "been there, seen that". Had to take a scarf on our heads, when went inside, which wasn't such an easy piece for me.. ;P Just do NOT like anything what...

In Saigon for two nights before continuing to Cambodia. Staying at Faifoo Boutique Hotel a bit further from District 1, but not _so far. Slept away the jetlag tiredness and then took a taxi to Dan Sinh Market, an inside market area packed with moto parts, electronic and..lots and lots of army gear ;D Bought a bag for 3$ (~2,4€), nice combat fabric. ;) Bargain, and then again bargain, but if you smile a lot while you do it, you'll get about what you want. ;) We...

We we're picked up by our driver guy, as promised and we drove off to Long Bay. When arriving we noticed that it was pretty crowded with beachside restaurants and bars, 'cause there were coupla bigger resorts at this bay. Not so much waves here, though, so suited better for me too to snorkel, who still am a bit of afraid of the water, especially if there's big waves. So we got outselves coupla beach chairs and got our snorkel gear in and off to the water. There...