Mel and Al We are stars. I cannot believe that we made it into your blog. Sounds like you had a great day touring around La Serena! We LOVED San Pedro de Atacama. We are in Peru now getting ready to hike Machu Pichu. Lovely meeting you two...hope we see you again somewhere on SA!

Jorden ow and see if you can spot the wicked van that is pretty much covered ion boobs (my friends had that one) and also the scooby doo van.

Jorden Loved Monkey Mia, completely on the edge of nowhere, glad you managed to get to volunteer.

Cher Quality! I love reading your posts they make me chuckle!! I was there with you in that metal hut, i can see the silhouette at the door!! Maybe thats why the sleeping bags smelt of wee!!! have fun xx

Nicole You did get all the info on us right, except the part about me having "perfect" Mandarin, but I guess I can get around okay, even when the map is rubbish! We miss you guys and wish we could join you on some more adventures!

Nicole Barnes This is a great post! I can completely picture the ups and downs of traveling in Asia, and I can also picture you and Helena just going with the flow since it's all part of the experience and you're so mellow. Now I'm excited to look at your pictures! Rob and I would go on scooter/motorcycle rides with you if we lived in the same country. We had a blast on our scooters in Taiwan some years ago!

Andy We're back dating blogs as we are behind. The Cat Ba blog will tell all regarding the Typhoon.

Alan + Deb Ah good to see you are both still alive - was there a typhoon? Was the weather forecast I sent accurate? Did you really post this on 14 July as it is 25th today? Love to you both - take care! Cat Ba looks to be a great place

Darren Proud Sounds like you are both having fun, you should have jumped on the motorbike. I bet that would have been a scary ride. LOL.

Andy Managed a few nights kip Joey. I can sleep for 5 hours in a 4ft by 2ft bed on a bus with leaf spring suspension. :)

Joey Sweet. Cockroaches though...have you managed a decent nights sleep yet? x