Hi all  Now I thought Cambodia was going to be one of the highlights of Southeast Asia. It was the one I’d done the most reading on, culture and historywise, and it was the one I’d spent most time planning. Added to that, we hadn’t met anyone who’d had a bad word to say about it. Wonderfully friendly people, good food, great hospitality. A real fun place for the most part. A country on the up with a real sense of optimism about it. I ...

Hi allSo, the remainder of our time in HCMC was spent drinking and visiting the Cu Chi Tunnels. We had intended to visit a lot more but we never got round to it. So out went the Reunification Palace, the Fine Art Museum and the Museum Of Ho Chi Minh City in favour of bimbling around, getting drunk and relaxing. Beautiful.I guess I'd better start with the cultural bit which involved a visit to the Cu Chi Tunnels and on the way a visit to a Cao Dai temple. ...

Hi all  So, after an easy night’s rest although not strictly sleep on our gorgeous bus (complete with some sort of cake and a bottle of water for our supper – oohh first class all the way baby) we found ourselves standing by the roadside in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) or as some still call it Saigon. In fact, the locals are just as bad as everyone else regarding what to call it. Some look at you like you’ve just shat on their granny if you...

Hi allFirst of all, I'd like to apologise for the lack of paragraphs in the postcards all of a sudden. Offexploring have updated their site and made some 'improvements' one of which is a different program running their post cards section. Which has removed all paragraphs from every postcard preceeding this one. It also double spaces all paragraphs and is slower than Tone getting to the bar. Sorry peeps, but there's nothing I can do. On the pl...

Hi all The next day (as were quite a few days over the next couple of weeks) was spent on my part trying to catch up on the website, while Mand and Lau went off to meet Andy and Kimbers. I met up with them at a Mexican restaurant in the evening and I don't think I've ever been as happy to see another man in all my life. At last, a bloke I can chat to without having to worry about the language barrier. Football. Women. Life in general. The choices are endl...