So once again I have returned to Nong Khai to teach English to the local kiddies and emerse myself in Thai/Isan culture. I arrived back at Openminds training centre on Saturday after a trip back from Laos and sadly there was no one there to greet me, booo! So I dumped my bags and headed off to find a tuk tuk to take me to tesco to get some food as I was starving! Hardly any of the locals speak English in NongKhai as it is not a tourist destination (which is a nic...

Hello!!! Whoops I seem to have missed out about 3 weeks of my trip, but what can I say...Ive been busy! After Hue in Vietnam, I went to hanoi then spent 3 days on a sailing trip round Halong Bay then 2 days trecking in wonderful wonderful Sapa. Halong Bay was beautiful but our tour wasnt so great, but I was with friends so we made the most of it. I went to Sapa alone due to having terrible food poisening when my friends were due to go, but had an amazing time th...

Ok, so Hue was pretty dissappointingly boring. Arrived at midday on my own and checked in to a rather basic hotel and started immediately to feel sorry for myself that I was alone again. Luckily my friend Adie from Germany showed up that night and our buddy Hans from Belgium arrived the next day yipee! The next day me and Adie shunned the popular tourist bus and boat day tour and decided to go it alone so rented bikes and went on an epic 25km ride around Hue and ...

This entry should be from Hoi An - not Hanoi! whoops Ok well I seem to have been a bit lame with the blogging and not actually bothered for 2 weeks, so ill try and make this speedy.... After Nha Trang we went to Hoi An which was just beautiful! Me and briony checke dinto a lovely hotel after our delightful night bus jounrey, had a further 3 hours sleep then got up at 9 ready for a day of shopping!! Spent 3 days in Hoi and and its definately one of my favourite ...

Soooo....we left Da Lat on Friday morning for the 5 hour trip to Nha Trang, Vietnames main coastal resort area. The trip was...er...eventful! after a hideous 6.30 start for the bus at 7 am, I managed a couple of hours sleep on the first leg of the journey. After that though we were winding back through the mountains, very high up on very narrow roads! Luckily our driver seemed very safe and we also had the luxery of a big coach with reclining seats and only 8 pas...