Hi everyone. Well after all the drama with the passport i,m sorted and ready to go. For those not aware i had sent my Australian passport to the viet cong in Canberra to attach an entry visa. When it arrived back i promptly put it through the washing machine. Needless to say i then had to apply for a replacement passport and then send it back to the viet cong for a replacement visa. They sent it back with a short note to the affect it's no wonder we lost the war. Anyway short of a disaster which you all know i'm capable of i have booked a flight to Bangkok two weeks time and will then leg it overland into Cambodia. Have read some horror stories about this but i figure hell i neeed the pressure . Have purchased all the travelling gear i think i will need short of an an AK47 but i can pick up a second and one in Cambodia i'm told with very few rounds expended. Bit concerned about being the oldest backpacker in the world but gee someone has to be .