We decided to escape the heat of the lowlands and head for the hills inland and the town of Dalat, a peaceful and cool retreat in the mountains - problem was we found out where all those mopeds …
Mui Ne
No sooner had the fireworks fizzled out and old aquaintances been forgotten, it was time to move on - poor old Matt and Adele had just got into the stride of life in Saigon and we were putting them on …
Phu Quoc
Vietnam's equivalent of Thailand... lets hope not!! A couple of hours ferry ride from the Vietnam coast and about 15 minutes from the Cambodian mainland is the island of Phu Quoc, a small island with …
Mekong Delta
Leaving our main backpacks behind in Ho Chi Minh City we jumped on a local minibus and headed south into the Mekong Delta region, the final destination of glacial melt from high in the Tibetan plateau …
Ho Chi Minh
Air Asia to the rescue again! Either 20 odd hours of overland travel by bus or 1.5 hours for £25 by plane - sign of getting old and less adventurous but no contest really - comfort and speed wins …
Sukhothai
Thailand has it's fair share of temples, some new, some old, some worth seeing and others you just pass by in the street without even looking at! However, when it comes to ancient temples and historic …