Just a quick one...well as quick as I can be anyway! We got to Phuket after the worst mini van ride ever! I swear the driver thought he was Micheal Schumacher, hitting over 120k (what ever that is in mph) on a very winding, busy road in a tin can! I felt sick as a dog and every one on there looked like they were all praying for their lives as this crazy little thai man ripped around bends weaving in and out of cars all whilst smoking a fag and talking on i...

Ok so quick update mainly so we could get Krabi on the map :) We took our early morning taxi to the airport in Hanoi and had a really straight forward easy two hour flight to Bangkok, we had looked into how we would then get down to Krabi and had decided that we would make our way to the bus station and wait aaaaall day long for the night bus, they only have night buses, however, when we asked how much a taxi was to the bus station we were quoted £25! and we ha...

Well folks you are in for a short one so dont get your feet up and comfy just yet, I'm afraid there is'nt an awful lot to say about Hanoi. The biggest thing I think we will both remember is how wet and muddy we have been over the past 3 days, boy oh boy is it wet and with the wet you get the mud that seems to appear from no where obvious other than the roads and pavements, we have spent the past 3 days with mud splashed up the backs of our legs and wearing th...

Well after leaving Ninh Binh in a bit of a rush we planned to stay put in Cat Ba for a good few days. Cat Ba is a big Island that sits in and around HaLong bay and LanHa bay, most tourists visiting the bays will be coming on a one or two night boat trip from Hanoi, we were definatly pleased we had decided to stay on the island. North Vietnam seems to have its own climate and season compared to the south and other countries, whilst the south is basking in h...

Sorry guys its that time again, I know its only been a few days but we had an unexpectedly short time in Ninh Binh, I will explain. The sleeper bus was horrendous as always, we were at the back again, no suprises there, but at the bottom this time so we were in what looked like a hole at the back of the bus, there were three seats so Damian got to have some nice night time snuggles with a local man :) When we arrived at 6:30am there was a man from a ho...