Homeward bound (very late posting!!)
A crude representation of where we went After saying bye to Amy I got the bus to Ho Chi Minh where I had a night before my flight the next day to Bangkok. The bus ride was fairly uneventful but not particularly fun. It was a sleeper bus which I was excited about until I realised I had chosen totally the wrong seat - never choose the seat at the back, it's in a row of 4 and the seats are fully reclined and you cannot sit up at all, plus you have a very low roof on top of you. They're rather claustrophobic and you get to know your neighbour quite well. Mine was a boy who kept touching my bum (couldn't work out if it was intentional or not) and next to him were a sickly couple, the man was ill, coughing and spluttering under a blanket even though it was a million degrees, and his wife who was constantly vomiting. I feared for my health. The advertised 6-8 hour journey took 9 hours and i was the only English speaker on the bus which made it fairly lo