Today is October 25th....same day next month we will be landing in London...We've now officially started counting the days of travelling left, feeling sad for ourselves !!! :) But fortunately, we're finishing this great adventure by China. And after many many debates, we've come close to agree that China might well be our favourite country of them all !Indeed, we've crossed the border only 2 weeks ago, and we feel like we've been here for months ! It's such a gi...

Hello there everyone, Well we have just finished out travels through Laos P.D.R (which as one local told us stands for 'please don't rush'!!), so now its time for a quick update. We took a short flight from a very busy andhectic Hanoi to Vientiane. The Laos capital could not be more different from Hanoi; when we arrived in the 'city centre' it was deserted, there were hardly any cars or motorbikes and even less people walking around. This we would discover is mu...

Hello Parents, Grandparents, Brother, Aunts& Ucles, Friends and Random STA readers ! Already 2 weeks that we are in Vietnam ! We arrived in the country start of September, bang on on the anniversary day of their Independance from French colonisation : we were welcomed byhuge propaganda banners all over the city celebrating their freedom from the oppressors (useless to say that I kept my nationality quiet on that day ... :) Vietnam took us by surprise. Most ...

Hello everyone !!!A new day, a new country ! :) After leaving the green hills of Thailand, we headed off to our new country : Cambodia.8 days in and we're already wondering when we will be able to come back. We gradually fell under the spell of the country. We came to see the temples, we want to stay for the people....Cambodia came as a bit of a shock after Thailand. Much poorer, less infrastructure, mainly a rural economy & population, the differences ar...

We're going to miss Thailand ! Our last 2 weeks in the North, a bit more away from mass tourism, have been incredible. We met some wonderful people, learned a lot about the Thai culture and also the specific customs and beliefs of the various hill tribes that populate the northern regions of Thailand....After Lopburi and Sukothai, we went to Chiang Mai, compulsory stop on the tourist tour of Northen Thailand. It is a charming city, with an historic centre sur...