It's ironic to read our last post on this blog saying that 'one day' we planned to return to Vietnam and possibly Cambodia, and here we are a year later preparing to do just that!
I'll keep this brief, because pre-holiday posts are the most boring in the world, but we're departing Adelaide this Sunday 2 November and heading to Sydney for a couple of days. Then we fly to Ho Chi Minh City and stay for a couple of nights before taking a three day/two night tour along the Mekong Delta, which will end with us being taken over the border into Cambodia and dropped in Pnomh Penh, the capital.
From here we depart from our usual hectic holiday schedule of two days in every place - we stay in PP for four days, then we'll get a bus up north to Battambang, a former French colonial town and the second biggest city in Cambodia. After four days in Battambang we'll get a boat along what's supposed to be the most scenic river trip in the country to Siem Reap, home to Angkor Wat, one of the most beautiful temples in the world.
We'll spend another four days in Siem Reap, and then we depart on the trip home from hell - we fly Siem Reap to Ho Chi Minh City, HCMC to Darwin, Darwin to Sydney, then Sydney to Adelaide.
It was tempting to try to fit in as many places as possible, but we've decided instead to focus on just a few and just do day trips and tours, and hopefully some more active stuff, like walking and bike riding.
So look out for our posts from this Sunday until 21 November when we arrive home!
Cheers
George & Bec
