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...