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There's a squillion travel blogs out there and they're only growing in number, but we'll be using this thread to recommend good travel blogs we stumble across ... they're easier to find when they link to Travelfish -- hint hint ;-)

First off the rank comes Backpackstorybook -- a great little blog with some top pics and some pretty useful surfing advice for those thinking of catching a wave in Vietnam. They've just finished their trip through SE Asia and finish with this very good advice:

"Perhaps the biggest lesson I've learnt about travel on this trip is not to rush it. So often I've spoken to people who only have four days to see a country before speeding off to the next one, the whole region 'done' in two weeks annual leave.

My advice is to save up your money and holidays (or just sell it all and go) and give yourself as much time as you can in a country. Vietnam needs a month, minimum. Two if you can. Cambodia as long as you can stand it. Laos? Two weeks for the north alone."

Well worth a read.