In all my travels over the years I have never been (knowingly) been ripped off or robbed. I have certainly left vital travel essentials like passports and the like in cabs, bars and buses. But this was always my own …
Tag: Saigon

The Rex Hotel
Travelling overseas with kids is challenging. I was never one to be particularly impacted by jet lag. However, my kids have absolutely been shellacked by it. Means we have to dive in and out of Saigon in bite size chucks. …

Back in SE Asia
Your correspondent is back in the steamy tropics. This time it’s to follow the Ho Chi Minh trail thru Vietnam. One of the highlights of these Asian countries in their explosive, unregulated and anything goes phase of capitalism is that …