Well, we are now two weeks into our adventure. James has entertained us royally in Singapore and we have just come back to Singapore from a week's trip to Vietnam and Cambodia. Hanoi was fascinating - hectically busy streets with its pavement level street markets and myriad of small shops. At night the oriental lunar new year decorations and lighting enhanced the magnetic atmosphere.
In Vietnam we also visited the World Heritage site of Ha Long Bay on the coast. This was featured in the James Bond film 'Man with the Golden Gun' this is made up of about 700 pillar type islands set in turquoise waters. We spent two days on The Imperial Junk which is obviously the only way to see such a beautiful area.
We then flew to Camodia and visited the temples of Angkor Wat which were discovered by a frenchman in about 1860 - they were then completely covered by jungle. One is still partially covered and this was featured in the Tomb Raider film! You can only appreciate these temples by going there - they cover many square miles spread throughout the jungle.
Our last visit in Cambodia was to the floating village on Lake Tonle Sap - ramshackle bamboo houses (not slums) even a floating church, temple, mosque, schools and a floating baseball court.
All through our visit we were accompanied by our guide Dee (see my blog about his story) who not only told us about the places we visited but explained the recent troubled history of Cambodia and his involvement in it. Hopefully it is all now in the past.
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