Hoi An, Vietnam

Nov 18, 2010

Hello from Vietnam! A nice, but touristy, with crazy people, country. I (eventually) arrived from Cambodia. The bus was good - picked me up on time, left on time, had a man on board to get us quickly through the border and, shock horror double shock ACTUALLY ARRIVED ON TIME IN HO CHI MINH CITY!! And yes, that is meant to be in capitals to portray my shock at being on a bus that actually got to its destination at the stated time. Myself and a W...

Kampot, Cambodia

Nov 4, 2010

I am writing this, trying to upload photos and killing time before I return to Phnom Penh. This return was unplanned; I was meant to be going to Vietnam today but due to some idiot who clearly didn't book me on the bus when he should have that has been aborted. So after reclaiming my money I booked with someone else to PP for tonight then on to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) tomorrow. Going back to the last blog, Si Phan Don was a bit of a dis...

Paske, Laos

Oct 16, 2010

Our last night in Luang Prabang was reasonably eventful.As I mentioned we went to Utopia the bar on the river. It's meant to have really nice views but I wouldn't know as we were only ever there when it was dark so all we got from the river were even more mosquitoes! I believe my blood is something of a mosquito delicacy as they seem to be feasting on me as much as they can. Although I have found an insect repellent which actually works, how...

Luang Prabang, Laos

Oct 9, 2010

On arrival in Bangkok I caught the bus to my hostel, NapPark, which was the nicest hostel I have ever stayed in! It was very posh, clean and had air-con which was a big plus. It was around 6.30ish and after a shower I decided it was time for me to experience my first Chang beer. There was another lonely backpacker sitting all alone outside the hostel so I sat with him and got chatting. He was only temporarily solo as his mate was having a na...

Bangkok, Thailand

Oct 8, 2010

I have just written perhaps the greatest blog entry of all time only to have the computer crash and burn and lose it. So this one may have a slightly angry tone to it as I am more than annoyed. The last entry ended with me getting the bus to Mersing so I could get the boat to Tioman Island. I was travelling at this time with an American girl called Alexis who I had met in Melaka. We had to get a bus to a place called Klang which has noth...