Phnom Penh

These pictures arefrom the Museum in Phnom Penh: The barbed wire that stopped prisoners from jumping out and committing suicide Tiny wooden cells

Concrete cells where the classrooms used to be

So so so many faces..

The torture and interrogation rooms

All the pictures below are from the Killing Fields

Clothes left"piled up beside one of the "graves..most remains had been removed

Memorial Stupa that also preserves many remains and clothing (below)

The wasp that stung Liz while wandering around the Stupa at the Killing Fields..

We had to take our shoes off to walk around and Liz got stung right on the sole of her foot..she was in a lot of agony but after it had lessened a bit i took a photo and went to ask if it was anything we needed to worry about. In my haste i slipped majorly on the wet concrete floor and went flying!!! i'd like to thank the other tourists for just staring at us while i was curled up on the floor in shock and Liz hobbled over in pain! we have no luck!

Vietnam

More pictures...a bit delayed and i have more to come, just not enough time!

We are loving the coconuts, a nice change from water and they look great! We are also loving the cocktails at the moment but they are not much cheaper than in the UK!

There are so many workshops for art students in Vietnam, tonnes of them! they all paint replicas in amazing detail rather than their own pictures. it was amazing to see the dedication.

Fish Market

A sample of the many currencies i'm carrying around

We visited the war remnants museum in Saigon, it was very hard hitting, lots of photos and personal stories. We were almost in tears most of the time! Brilliant museum..definitely recommended

im sure Tony can tell us all what kind of tank this is...

These guys hanging around sleeping and hassling us are considered "employed"

Stunning post office building

Nadia, Leigh and Liz..was great to meet up with the girls we met in Chaing Mai..we had so much fun that we decided to stay another day! Thanks for a lovely few days in Saigon :)

Nha Trang

Seafood corner restaurant in Nha Trang..cant believe i ate these as im so fussy about fish. they looked like little snails..eughh! but tasted nice once i got past that!

Beautiful Nha Trang beach..although Hoi An was probably a bit better :-o

We did an Easy rider tour, we went out to some of the villages and saw some of the crafts. It was a really fun afternoon..we are making beach mats in this pic, surprised they let us help for so long as we were very slow!!
My driver
hehe
making noodles
famous Vietnamese hats
My delicious "make your own" spring roll..i was stuffed on these and they were so so cheap!
A woman making the rice paper that we used to make our spring rolls

Hoi An and Nha Trang

A lovely picture of the cockroach (well the first one...) that appeared in our bathroom!! My attempts to mime this to the staff were unfortunately not recorded! I have filled all the holes i suspect they are coming out of and hopefully that will be the last of them!We took a motorbike taxi to Hot Springs..i felt bad when i only gave the guy a 500d tip instead of a 5,000! whoops..the drove us for 20mins there, waited for 3 hours, drove us back and all for about 1 pound 60! the ride there was pretty scary though, lots of bumps and a driver that didnt feel very safe but the way back was better and i even enjoyed myself.






Me and Liz at "Hot Springs" during our mud soak..wasnt as gross as i thought it would be, quite soothing actually..especially for our sun burnt bits! This was followed by washing in mineral water, hot springs (too hot!) and just general relaxing :) my kind of day out! And all for about 4 pound each!
Just before i got completely covered in mud!
At the Japanese covered bridge in Hoi An

A picture from when we met up with Mark in Hoi An :)

Laos pictures

Museum Sisaket in Vientiane..lovely place, so many Buddhas! all the tiny holes in the wall were filled with them.Haha..needless to say we didnt eat here!Market food...err yum??


Our friend from Finland that helped us find the night market for some cheap food (and unrecognisable meats :-S )
Tubing in Vang Vieng...lots of fun!

Liz daring to try the rope swing...
A good few free shots of whiskey, cocktails and randomness later..






Near some of the huts by the river in Vang Vieng

We're now in Nha Trang, Vietnam..it's very very hot here and we have finally made it to a beach :) we're a little tired of taking photos etc so we dont have much to show for the last few days. We did manage to catch up with Mark in Hoi An though (after a ridiculously long 20hour bus that was, as expected, a bit of a nightmare) so i will try to put some pictures up here from then. If not, you can go to his blog "Sparkybrand" by the link on the right as he is better at keeping his blog upto date!! :)
We also got some clothes tailored in Hoi An, cant believe it only took them about 18hours to make trousers, and a beautiful silk dress..although numerous amounts of fittings! it was so cheap here and even though we sent them home via sea mail they will probably still arrive before us (takes 4 months!)
Hope you are all well, we are looking a little bit more sunned after our two days on the beach..but no amount of sun cream can ward off the sunburn apparently! we also had a massage which was a bit on the painful side..it seemed like all they did was ferociously rub sand into us!!!! Oh well...will try to update again soon, byee! xxx