Hi all, Left Sihanoukville relatively early and set off down the coast road. Beautiful weather and stunning scenery. Cambodia is mainly flat inland, but around the caost you have tropical mountains and little fishing ports and islands off the coast. A beautiful 3 hour ride towards Kampot (where lots of pepper comes from) I did get to the Bokor Hill National Park, but it was a trail dirt road 2 hours up and 2 hours back to get to the station and after 3 hours, ...

Hi everyone, Got up early and to the bike shop to pick up my bike in Phnom Pehn. I recognised it as the one they had toatally in bits the day before when I went in to rent. The engine was all over the floor and think it was having new pistons. This will either be a good sign, i.e. new engine, or a really bad one as I seem to be the test pilot! The bike looks like its been around the clock bodywise, but the mechanics look fine and I thought if they regularily s...

Hi everyone, Sorry for not keeping the blog bang smack up to date, but booked myself on a 4 day 3 night tour of the Mekong valley 4 days ago and it was real intensive. Up at 6am each day, then coaches, boats, floating markets, rice factories, coconut sweet factories, local cuisine meals at lunch and dinner. Hardly had any time to myself, but met a good bunch of fellow travellers from all over the world and of all ages. Get this, the trip included all meals, acc...

Decided to get out of Ho Chi Minh City for a few days and go and relax on the beach and chill and recharge the old batteries! Booked an all inclusive trip to the beach resort of Mui Ne..included coach travel to and from Mui Ne from HCMC and all accomodation and meals. No brainer, no thinking fropm me needed and I will be able to just switch off by the hotel pool reading drinking and sunbathing.... After 2 months solid travelling I thought I needed a holiday!!!

GOOD MORNING VIETNAM...(Well Afternoon actually!!!) Left Hong Kong about lunchtime on antoher Cathay Pacific flight...they are really good by the way...Got to Ho Chi Minh city around 4pm and usual taxi ride into town. First time I had landed in a country and had no accomodation pre booked...got the taxi into main area of city where smaller hotels and bars are, managed to explain to taxi man I didint want the Hilton or other international chains or the like...but...