SUN: the next night bus will be met by fear!! why dont they use beds than chairs if the damn things wont move much past horizontaland how many 4ft backpackers do they have travelling on their buses. anyway it was an experience. i was hoping to be stuck next to 3 swedish girls, the odds were quite high seeing theres loads in town. 3 butch english guys will have to suffice. got in hoi an totally unprepared. started walking out of town, not the best feeling at 6am w...

18th THURS: caught bus to nha trang, said 4hrs but was 6hrs, had seat to myself and alot of leg room. journey down was amazing, looking down mountain to plateu and distant mountains. walked around with people to find hostel. staying in 24hr hotel $6 a night, cheapest could find, quite nice tho. walked around backpackers area and along beach. beach looks nice, some tidy waves now and again. in night went to a couple of bars, the red room or something, met a couple...

14th SUN: up early for bus ride to mui ne. 5hrs in total. probably the most dangerous of the bus rides . got to mui ne about 12:30. met a girl getting off the bus and we started looking for accom. in end it was cheaper to share a room, works out about $6per nite. called mui ne dreams. there is no beach by us. they've built right up to the water. beach further down, not sure how far. met some guys, played cards with them. then 3 of us went to white sand dunes for ...

11th Thurs: up at 6 to catch bus at 7:45. this city (P2) doesnt seem to have rush hour, just constant traffic -no jams tho!! another 6hr journey today to ho chi minh city (HCMC). decided to catch bus as after the boat crossing no one could tell me how nand when i could get to HCMC. note: ANZ bank (blue) charge $4 to withdraw, canadia and royal bank of cambodia seem to be free.border crossing was great (unlike cambodia) tour people basically did it all and only to...

WED 10th: had pancakes for breakfast. walked to tuol sleng genocide museum (S21). had a couple of hours there. really aweful what went on there. couple of people i saw crying. the cambodians dont really look after their tourist sites. lots of rubbish and the buildings are close to falling down. not much care taken of them. took a few pictures just to show people how bad it was. recommend getting a guide at Choeung Ek as he was pretty informative and free -had to ...