Hello all. We've just returned from a fabulous weekend cruising through limestone pinnacles in Halong Bay. We slept aboard the boat with 4 Aussies and a couple from Indonesia, -all very friendly and sociable. We were spoilt with luxury seafood and the smell of Ed's flipflops! (they have to live in the bathroom these days so we can get to sleep at night). It was hard work trying to keep up with the AUssies who couldn't wait to go swimming in the deep blue sea. Ed ...

Hi everyone, really enjoying reading the message board and slowly getting round to replying. After a 10 hr train journey north we have arrived in Ninh Binh. We were very pleased to get off the train despite the superb scenery en route. Seemed to be sharing our carriage with several locals with phlegm problems and all the locals love their tooth picks and sucking their teeth after each meal (ear plugs/ipod and concentrating on suduko helpful distractions from this...

Hello again, guess what free internet access!... and at it beats talking to Ruth!!! Not really, we're getting on very well and are mid way up Vietnam on our journey North. It's taken a while to get to Hue but it has been an adventure. Stopped at a place called Hoi An before here which took 24 hours to get to (bus, and sleeper train) but was worth it. It's a world heritage site, but even better it's famous for its tailoring and we managed to make the most of it! I...

Hello Everyone. We're keeping you up to date pretty regularly at the momemt... I'm sure that this won't last but we'll certainly try our best. We've ended up in an old French colonial town of Dalat in the central Vietnames Highlands for the past couple of nights. This is completely different from our past destinations. This has a much more continental feel to it and a much cooler climate which is a bit of a relief. Had to endure a five hour mini bus journey cramm...

We've found what we were dreaming of whilst at work for the last 4 months -paradise. Not quite backpacking but the 4 hour journey from Saigon was strenuous! We decided to escape the noise of the city after Ed had been satisfied with a no. of war sites and firing an AK47. Now staying at bamboo village beach resort Ed having a shoulder massage to take away the recoil strain from the gun!!! Will spend the nxt 4 nights here sunning ourselves maybe try some kite/...