This'll be a short one because we were only passing through Rach Gia on our way to Phu Quoc Island. It was another town like Ha Tien - very local. As a result, we got a taste of the local timetable. The Lonely Planet bible mentions that the Vietnamese go to bed early and get up early. I figured that meant they get up at like 5:30, get a cup of c...

Constatation du jour : 6 heures dans un minibus rempli a ras bord, avec des suspensions a chier (et ma tete contre le plafond s'en souvient), avec le sac de rando sur les genoux... et bien c'est long. Manquait plus que les poules. Avant la destruction de mon dos, cuisses et autres articulations, ceux-ci avait deja ete mis a l'epreuve a 6h du mat...

Hello, just a short one this time. After a couple of days where we knew we should be leaving Saigon but couldn't be bothered we finally set of towards the island today. We got a taxi to the bus station that we had been told did busses to Rach Gia, the port town from which you get a boat to Phu Quoc island (think thats how you spell it but aint g...

Made our move towards the island. Now in the company of Morgan and Richard as well. A quest for fun, beauty and sillyness has begun

Hi everyone - Just a quick update that I've just arrived back to the mainland from Phu Quoc Island (finally with a tan!). Internet access has been very limited over the past week - so just a quick 'thank you' to all of you who have sent me emails who I haven't responded to yet...I have a lot of catching up to do and should have more regular inte...

So from Ho Chi Min City, I take a taxi to Rach Gia, some city in Vietnam province. Definitively not a place for tourists. Things change from Europa. Six hours for a 300 km trip. It seems impossible to me. But in fact, I didn't realize that I was going straight west, and so I had to go through the Mekong. One of the biggest river of the world and...