Up at 06:00 to get the bus South. A transfer to another bus in Siem Reap followed, about 5 hours later, by a transfer to another bus in Phnom Penh. God knows how many hours later get to the border and check out of Cambodia into Vietnam. Arrive near the hotel in District 1 at almost 22:00.

My advice? get a flight at about £100 and save yourself a day of abject boredom and torture. The luxury bus wasn’t, it was uncomfortable the whole way.

Ho Chi Minh City Centre

Check into the hotel, get something to eat and go to bed….