TUE 30 HANOI DONT RECOMMEND STAYING AT THE VICTORY HOTEL-NOT UNLESS YOU WANT STAFF FROM THE HOTEL GOING IN YOUR ROOM AS AND WHEN THEY FEEL LIKE IT WHEN YOU ARE OUT-EVENWITH DO NOT DISTURB SIGN ON DOOR. GROUP TRIP TO SEE HO CHI MINH OR "UNCLE HO" AS THE VIETNAMESE CALL HIM.THE SECURITY AND UNNESESSARY PROTECTION AROUND HO CHI MINH WAS TOTALLY OTT. THERE WERE AT LEAST NINE ARMED GUARDS JUST IN A SMALL ROOM DISPLAYING HIM IN HIS GLASS SARCOPHAGUS.MOR SE...

SAT 27TH HALONG BAY CHECKED OUT OF HOTEL BOTH FEELING "HUMAN" AGAIN.BACK ON THE BUS FOR ANOTHER FOUR AND A HALF HOURS UNTIL WE REACHED OUR NEXT DESTINATION-HALONG BAY.THE QUAY AREA WASA BIT MANIC-COACHLOADS OF TOURISTS AND LOCALS ALL MILLING AROUND,GUIDES JOSTLING TO GET THEIR GROUPS IN POSITION FOR THE BOATS.AFTER A SHORT BOAT RIDE PAST DOZENS OF "JUNKS"-WE BOARDED OUR JUNK.LARGE,VERY COMFORTABLE AND ONLY OUR GROUP ON IT-GREAT!SOME OF THE J...

MON 22 LUANG PRABANG-LAOS three of our group went on a 5 hour hike,the rest of us met them at the end of their hike via tuk tuks at kuang sii waterfalls.we were glad we didnt go on the hike as they all looked hot and bothered.they said there were leeches and all sorts of crêepy crăwlies-one of the girls also managed to hit her head on a tree.we swam and cooled off in one of the pools nẻar the báse òf the watèrfalls.there was a rope swing which you could ...