Right, we're now in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It's frikkin hot, I need the lav and I want to go and see a palace at some point. For these reasons I'm going to try to make this update concise and pray to the God of geekery Bill Gates that I can get some pics uploaded before Christmas.
Vietnamese highlands:
So the 6-day jaunt on the back of a couple of blokes' motorbikes alluded to in the previous post was pretty special. The route took us from Hoi An up into the mountains and back down to Nha Trang on the coast. On the way we got to see the first-hand production of ceramics, coffee, tea, rubber, pepper, honey, silk, bricks, cinnamon, pineapples, rice paper and rice noodles. There were street food feasts for 50p, stunning waterfalls, uber friendly minority peoples and an elephant that walked into a lake with us on the back (all this stuff about elephants being all clever and that is clearly rubbish). Pictures for your perusal:
Mui Ne:
Tone and Mr T dropped us off in Nha Trang, which was rubbish, apart from a fun boozy boat trip we went on. Mui Ne on the other hand was a proper coastal paradise, as you can see:
While Noelle had a massage I went fishing with this bloke and caught a bunch of puffer fish. Not edible but kinda fun when they blow themselves up to scare the crap out of you - works a treat actually.
We had a brief stop in Saigon to get leered at by the ladyboys (Miss Saigon my arse!) and then we headed up the Mekong river into Cambodia.
In the Mekong:
The mosquitoes are the size of albatrosses, the border guards on both sides (Vietnam and Cambodia) make a tidy living in backhanders and the children are adorable. I played keepy uppy with this wee fella I came across when lost on a bike ride through a village. Enlarge the pic for a better view of the shuttle cock/hackey sack thingy that all the kids have here.
Next stop Anghkor Wat and then into Thailand.
Bye!
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