A short tuk tuk ride got us to the small tourist-boat port, 6 kms outside of Sinahoukville town. The bumpy pot-holed road at the end of the journey shook our nerves and rattled our brains despite the driver's best efforts to avoid the worst of them. The port was a single, narrow jetty to which 7 or 8 boats were moored, our boat was a smallish stripped-down wooden fishing boat, green on the bottom and orange on top. After a bit of a struggle getting aboard (it ha...

The four hour coach journey went quickly. Again on arrival at Kep, the Tuk Tuk drivers jostled for position, even if it meant bashing into us to get to someone. The town is spread out sparsely along a 4km stretch of coastline. At one end are the swanky 5 star resorts, in the middle sits Kep beach and toward the other end lies the crab market. Between each of these landmarks, there is nothing except a picturesque coastal road linking them all. We arrived at our ...

The six hour journey, from HCMC was spent at the rear of a coach over the wheel arch. It was a tad bumpy but mainly ok. About an hour in, the conductor collected everyones passports and took the money for the cambodian visa (plus a small commission to fill in the paperwork). We didn't take in much of the scenery, Jan was reading a book and I was dozing while catching up with some podcasts. As we reached the Vietnamese border, we were herded off the coach into the...

We caught the red eye from Nha Trang, the 45 minute flight cost a fraction more than the train, but saved us around 6 hours. Ho Chi Minh city is far bigger than Hanoi, 5 rows of two-wheelers and 2-3 lines of four-wheeled vehicles inch along the four lane motorways. Even in the centre of town the roads are far wider than those of Hanoi and so the greater numbers of people and vehicles are better accommodated. We stayed round the corner to the backpackers area and...

The overnight bus journey from Hoi An was remarkably comfortable. We both had seats on the 'upper level' (the top bunk of bunk beds). The seats recline almost flat but they only incline to about 35 degrees so we had to lounge rather than sit unless we wanted to sleep. Our feet went into a cubbyhole under the chair in front and if you are under 170 cms tall, I reckon you could be very comfortable indeed. We both managed to sleep at least 7 hours of the 12 hour tri...