Monday, 9 Mar 2009 | Views [395]
My Mekong Delta tour kicked off this morning with a 2 hour bus ride to Ben Tre, the closest part of the Mekong To Saigon. From there I went in a series of big, medium and miniature row boats through various parts of the Mekong. The Mekong Delta is ... Read more >
Thursday, 5 Mar 2009 | Views [565]
I arrived in Nha Trang about 7am all disgruntled and out of sorts due to no sleep on the sleeping bus what so ever. It was a bit of a disappointment after the last one, this bus had permanently reclined seats and a driver who played hip-hop very loud ... Read more >
Tuesday, 3 Mar 2009 | Views [373]
No I don't have a son and its pronounced 'Me Song'; a place not a person. I took a bus from Hoi An out to My Son which is the major site in Vietnam from the ancient Champa Kingdom which flourished between the 2nd and 15th centuries. Descendants of ... Read more >
Saturday, 28 Feb 2009 | Views [807]
As I wrote my journal yesterday I included a sentence about an unusual itchy rash that had appeared on my arm, but then I thought it was irrelevant so deleted it. I took an antihistamine, put some stuff on it and figured it would be gone in the morning ... Read more >
Tuesday, 24 Feb 2009 | Views [1098]
Tam Coc means three caves, and is about a two hour drive from Hanoi to the South. I took a minibus there followed by a little boat rowed by two locals (with their feet) along the Ngo Dong river, through limestone mountains, which stretched for several ... Read more >
Sunday, 22 Feb 2009 | Views [356]
After a very long night at KL airport (where they are now renovating the McDonald's 24 hours a day so no one was sleeping) I caught a 3hr flight to Hanoi this morning and caught a bus into the city centre. I've found a great hostel in the Old Quarter ... Read more >
