Robyn Malcolm is the well-known Kiwi and Vietnam is the far-flung place on this Intrepid Journey. Malcolm wrote in her travel diary: "I expect to be enchanted, challenged and scared several times a day." If drinking snake wine, taking a pee in a corn field and witnessing the ceremonial sacrifice of a pig and the drinking the blood fits the bill, her expectations were fulfilled. "I haven't travelled ‘intrepidly' much in my life. I like hotels. I like baths and clean loos." Malcolm doesn't find many mod-cons, but has a ball nonetheless.
The inspiration for Intrepid Journeys came from Jam TV's Melanie Rakena's passion for adventure travel. Having ...