Well we finally made it to Hue. We were really late so we missed out on a few things but we were still supposed to go on a cyclo tour. Cyclo’s are like adult buggies propelled by a man on a bike. But surprise!! A load of motorbikes showed up instead. The mode of transport I fear most. It actually turned out to be a lot of fun, terrifying but fun! The next day it was off to Hoi An a place I definitely will return to with an empty suitcase. Its the tailor capital of the world. We found ourselves a tailor we liked and went to town. It was so much fun picking out clothes and then picking the material. I got three dresses one coat and two pairs of short for €150 but I would have loved more. The next day was Halloween and also Gemma’s happy birthday.We went on a 40km cycle which has been one of the highlights of the trip. We saw a lot of the Hoi An’s sites and scenery. It was a glorious day as well to make it even better. One downside though was we called into a few of the local farms and I’m not entirely convinced the animals are being treated well. After the cycle we surprised the birthday girl with a party and BBQ. It was a great night especially since there was a free keg of beer!! Our last night there was spent shopping and going to tailor fittings. A word of advice on shipping stuff home from here is don’t use the hotel service go to the post office directly its much cheaper and their English is perfect. The following day we flew to Ho Chi Minh (Saigon) for a couple of days. We finally got to do our cyclo tour here which was hilarious. It pissed rain the whole time but that made it even funnier it looked we were in buggies with rain gear over us. It was a strange city with a really big contrast between the super rich and extremely poor. I had a funny moment when a Vietnamese preacher that said Jesus wanted to save me! I told him I’d already been saved. When he realised I was Irish he said “Ah Ireland, Bertie Ahearn! He got out before all the corruption”. Picture someone saying that in a Vietnamese accent. I nearly wet myself laughing.
Our next port of call was Cambodia. This is an amazing country my favourite of all the countries we’ve visited. First we went by public bus to Phnom Penh which isn’t as bad as it sounds. They are air conditioned coaches and your fed plus they take care of all the visa stuff at the border. While there we went to the killings fields, not for the faint of heart. After that we all had to part-take in the €1.50 cocktails for medicinal purposes. Then we stayed in Siem Reap for a few days also well worth the visit but there are way too many temples and don,t bother with Ankor Wat at sunrise its a waste of sleep. The highlight here for me was micro lighting. This is a tiny two-seater plane just you and the pilot. We flew over Siem Reap so you get to see all the temples from the sky. Now this was worth the early morning!! On our last night here we went for a traditional feast which resulted in me eating eel and frog. Both of which were really tasty.
All too quickly our Indochina tour was over and we found ourselves back in Bangkok for a few days. Khao Sarn Road is the only way to go. From morning to night its jam packed but its true what they say about this street “anything goes”! Including me eating scorpion which actually does taste as disgusting as you would imagine. Anyway we all made it back safely and now we just have to wait for our next adventure to start. I hope its as amazing as this one has been :)
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