G'day! Cliché ridden opening that, but should give some indication as to where I'm typing this from…but till that's revealed, I outagh fill you in on how we got here following on from Suze's last entry. As a foursome, we arrived in Saigon…or Ho Chi Minh City, depending on how you want to look at it (the latter name being more a yank thing apparently). Thankfully, it was a much safer coach this time round…verging on "luxury" in fact with a...

Hells bells it's hot! Once again, huge apologies for the big gap in writing a blog entry - and once again I can only blame it on the fact that it's too darn sticky to contemplate spending much time in the internet cafe's of Vietnam (the computers are slow, slow, slow - I think they may be powered by slugs - and the regular power cuts can prove to be a bit of a hindrance too). Oh, and we've also spent a fair whack of time having silly amounts of fun with Sal and ...

Good Morning Vietnam! I vouch every blog from this part of the world starts like this, so I'm going to be original and go with the majority. Vietienne is far from interesting....but the food is outstanding! For me, this might have been enough to stay a little longer, but the Vietnam Embassy where clinical in gettting the visa dates changed so we had good reason to bail Laos early. Our lasting impression of the country was fond mind...the peole are charming and a...

Hello blog-readers... ... and sorry for the big silence. Mike and I have no excuse other than the fact that we've been having fun, drinking, erm, drinking some more - and we've clearly had too much sun (despite what the above picture would suggest. Yes, after 6 weeks in Asia, I really am that white. It's tragic). Well, sice Mike last updated the blog, we've been kicking around Vang Vieng, and are now in Vientiane, the capital city of Laos. First up, Vang Vi...

Curse the 30 day visa in Thailand! We were forced to bail our beloved Pai earlier than we wished, due to the slight oversight of our visa's. Wasn't till a leisurely chat over a couple of cold Changs one evening that we realised we were in fact verging on becoming illegal immigrants, our 30 days coming to an end, and the horrible prospect of leaving Pai imminently and bailing for the border..before the authorities nabbed us (not that extreme, but wasn't up for a h...