Hi, We have now crossed the border into Vietnam. We are staying the night in a place called Ninh Binh. Tomorrow morning we leave at 8am to go on a boat trip to Halong Bay. The boat trip lasts for 22 hours, so we get to spent the night on the boat. We have been told by our tour guide to not eat alot for breakfast tomorrow morning, as we are going to be eating a 9 course lunch followed by a 10 course dinner!!!! not quite sure what to make of that! Before we l...

Hola desde Vientianne. Todo bien por aqui. La verdad es que no hay mucha cosa que hacer por aqui. Ayer fuimos a un templo y a ver el arco the triunfo que tienen aqui. Como os conte anteriormente Laos tiene mucha influencia francesa, muchas cosas estan escritas en frances (nombres de calles etc) y hay muchos restaurantes franceses y pastelerias! Manana nos vamos de aqui hacia otro pueblo que esta cerca de la frontera con Vietnam y nos quedamos a dormir en la casa ...

Hi, Since we last spoke we have now left Chiang Maing and crossed the border into lao. Once we went through passport control we boarded our river boat. The boat headed down the mekong river for about 4 hours until we reached a small village on the river bank. We were told that we were going to meet one of the oldest and poorest tribes in Lao. They were right!!! the village consited of wooden huts and lots of animals roaming around. There was loads of puppies...

Hey, since we last spoke we have spent one night in a place called Chiangmai. Which is in the north of Thailand. i think its quite near Burma. Last night we went to the top of a mountain and visited a monks temple. I have been told that 95% of Thai people are Budha. The temple was really nice and we got to see the chanting of the monks. Which is where they chant for 1 hour every night. After the monks temple we went to the local night market. We have bought 2 bed...

Hoy ya estoy un poquito mejor, despues de una sesion de vomitos!!He aprendido algo nuevo, consejo a todo el mundo, NUNCA tomeis una pastilla para la malaria con el estomago vacio!!Durante todo este tiempo la comida no habia sentado mal pero la pastillita vaya tela! Bueno ayer conocimos a los que van a ser nuestros companeros de viaje y por ahora todo bien, somos una gran mezcla, abuelitos de Canada, divorciada de inglaterra la cual a dejado a su hijo en la uni, o...