I have it in your size

Don't you just love Asia when you are double the size of the locals and buying bras is impossible!!! Especially when you walk along the street of market stalls and they hold up tiny clothes ,  but tell you they have it in your size....Like they have especially seen two or three tops together! Feel more in tune today, although being wide awake from 3am presented challenges in the afternoon. Thank goodness for snoozing on the bus getting back to HCMC after a trip to the Mekong Delta. Saigon has changed so much since I was last here sixteen years ago. Now there's a wealth of hotels and not so many street children, either selling real Vietnam war remnants or themselves!!! There's boutique hotels, boutique shops and travellers can use Vietnamese dong and not just American dollars, but there's still chaos on the roads with millions of motorbikes and believe me, crossing the road is a challenge, but you just need to stride with pride and the bikes will swerve around you !

6 million motorbikes

The smell of the Dorian fruit really signifies my return to south East Asia. The streets of Ho Chi Minh hum with the motor bike engines and the constant asking of if I want to buy sun glasses, when my glasses are dark is new and amusing. It's so funny that one minute you are cocooned on the plane, sipping my new favourite tipple of whiskey and ginger and then you're walking the streets in a jet lagged haze circumnavigating the crazy roads, amputee beggars and no I know I've only just arrived but I do not want to buy a Tintin in Vietnam T-shirt (but I might be interested in a fridge magnet!!!!  

Check out my small video trying to capture as many bikes as I can in 10 seconds on Instagram - follow shertzog

One sleep to Saigon

There's nothing more exciting than finishing your packing and taking a breath and thinking of the adventures ahead of you.

One last check on cash, passport and camera stuff and then I'm off to bed .... Tomorrow night I'm sleeping on my Vietnamese Airlines flight, fingers crossed for good neighbours on board.

Here's to travel.....