An early wake up call! Day 2 of a scrummy Nikko breakfast. Tour bus pick up at 8am. We were joined by a Japanese/American couple and a family of 5 from Norway. A friendly group of people. Our tour guide spoke very good English. A 1 and a half hour van ride to the Cu Chi tunnels. This is where the Viet Cong spent years living in these confined tunnels hiding under the noses of the Americans...fighting, cooking, sleeping, dying. In these tunnels, 100,000 lived, o...

From Emma's earlier posting you will know the day got off to a very good start with a delicious breakfast.. The 4 of us ate for about 1 hour :-) Sight seeing slightly delayed by the fact that when we went to book our train tickets for our next stop to Hoi An tomorrow evening , all the cabins with beds are fully booked ! Panic! Spent next hour in business centre trying to book flights...cost wise only £80 difference for the 4 of us. (flying Vietnam's equivalen...

After a 1 hour delay, we finally boarded the Hang Chau express boat to take us to Chou Doc along the Mekong River. A compact, 12 seater boat. A steady ride, only choppy at points when the rain set in. After a 3 hour journey, we reached the Cambodian "exit" border... Somewhat sleepy and primative! A wooden stepped plank to get to the building to get our passports stamped . Dogs ( very skinny ones) everywhere .. Jake and I, very nervous . Passports stamped and che...