Selamat tengah bari 09/01/2010 We flew Air Asia (£27 each) from Krabi to Kuala Lumpur and landed in the middle of a tropical downpour, When we got Oonagh's bag off the carousel it was soaked right through,(mine was ok though). Our hotel the Prescott Inn was a pleasant surprise, an special offer got us the room for £15 PN, Plasma TV, the biggest most comfortable bed ever and a superb view of the Petronas towers with breakfast thrown in too. The following day ...

Xin chao 27/12/09 another 8 hour journey, on the train, as the weather got hotter the air con began to fail, the paddy lakes gave way to a green fields of rice, these are the most uncomfortably trains so far, and not built for 6ft 4 Adonis's, only indigenous people who can squat with their legs tied in a bowline on the bight knot, We arrived in Ho Chi minh city / Saigon as the locals call it, to the madness of motor bikes again, these are far worse than Hanoi,...

Xin chao 16/12/09 we flew to Danang our gateway to central Vietnam, In the airport Oonagh ate Pho ba a noodle & beef dish with chop sticks and did decidedly well considering she had the chop sticks round the wrong way. Our first stop is Hoi An a small town on the coast ( untouched by various wars), we have a great room on the edge of town next to the river and hundreds of paddy fields, This could be why it does smell of damp, The beach is only 300m away, b...

Xin chao 16/12/09 we flew to Danang our gateway to central Vietnam, In the airport Oonagh ate Pho ba a noodle & beef dish with chop sticks and did decidedly well considering she had the chop sticks round the wrong way. Our first stop is Hoi An a small town on the coast ( untouched by various wars), we have a great room on the edge of town next to the river and hundreds of paddy fields, This could be why it does smell of damp, The beach is only 300m away, b...

Xin chao 10/12/2009 Hanoi, It has a pace of hundred mile an hour, thousands of Motor bikes swarm like Bee's absolutely everywhere, including the pavements, it's a noisy hurley burley city, and we love it. Crossing the road is an art form, nothing stops for pedestrians, so you just put your best foot forward, head held high and slowly mince across (no sniggers) It's amazing its very similar to when I parted the waters (we have even videoed it.) .The old quarter...