Chau, I'm Martin the Mosquito coming live from Saigon. I have been following Louise and Heather for a number of days since they landed at the airport and realised that the sun did still shine. I followed them to their hotel and watched in amusement as they climbed 5 flights of stairs to find out they had been given the wrong room and should have been only on the second floor. Upon entering the room they noticed that something was missing or rather the was s...

So the story continues from the train it seems. Friday we are awoken after a very rocky train ride at about 6.30am by someone handling out breakfast which consisted of dry noodles (ie Pot Noodle)!! All of us looked up and then in syncronisation put our heads back down on the pillows and were rocked back asleep by the train motion. By about 9.30 all were all admiring the stunning coastal scenery Vietnam has to offer and me and Louise indulged ourselves in the deli...

***NEWSFLASH*** Due to freak weather conditions that have been going on in China and the fact me and Louise are only really fully prepared to enjoy cold weather down to about 10 degrees, not minus 10 as it is in Beijing, we have had to make a decision to stay in Vietnam longer and miss out China altogether along with Hong Kong. We are very upset about this as it was something we were very much looking forward to, but because of the cost to buy extra gear would m...

After our trip to Halong Bay we return to Hanoi. As predicted, it was still damp and even worse had begun to rain. However spirits were high and we went out for tea with Emma and Laura (two English girls from the trip) and headed out to find a meal with consists of zero percent noodles or rice. We find a place called the 'Kangaroo Cafe' and as we wished for, not a noodle in sight. So we order our food, which contain to most carbohydrates anyone has seen s...

Damp, Damp, Damp. Thats all everything in Hanoi is. Your clothes are damp, the beds damp and the bathroom is always damp and very slippery all the time! I suppose this is what you get for coming in the norths monsoon season although we haven't really seen much rain as such, its that fine rain that soaks you through!! So on tuesday 17 of us headed off to Halong Bay, east of Hanoi and after 3 hours in the minibus we arrived at the bay to a major collection of ...