Hello all, hope this update finds you all well! My last email to you all was after my mammoth walking session in the mountainous region of Sapa Valley.....well you'll be pleased to hear that i am now fully recovered, no longer have jelly legs, or muscle ache.......Anja and I seriously overindulged that day, but have made up for it since with some well needed beach time! From Sapa we headed back South to Hanoi, and were joined on the overnight train by...

Hello all......... I read in a local Vietnamese paper today that Bill Gates has paid the Vietnam capital a visit in order to hopefully increase their information technology industry out here.......and having been here a week, i can without fail say that they need his help!!! Few internet establishments have more than one computer, and if they do they run at a snails pace........and cd drives for loading photos are pretty non-existent........however yeste...

Hey all, Few new pics on www.ellenmoriarty.com , but i REALLY need to send you a proper update on the goings on here in the past month......however, since i left Sydney Ports last week and am now working as an envelope stuffer (NOT GOOD!!!!!!!!) i dont have pc access at work, so i WILL come in tomorrow and fill you all in on everything....but for now, check on the new photos, and for those i havent replied to yet on email......i am getting there, i promise.....j...

I LOVE IT HERE!!! This is by far the highlight of my trip thus far! And so long as things carry on the way they have panned out during my first day then i am really going to enjoy it here. Vietnam lacks the tourist accessibility of Thailand. It is cultural, authentic, friendly, and a travelling dream! Nothing is on a plate here, everything has to be looked for, for example took me an hour to do a fifteen minute journey and find my way back to the gues...

Hello All, I've been so looking forward to writing that in the subject field- Gooooood Morning Vietnam!! I have arrived safe and sound, and will just fill you in on the developments of the past ten days.....plenty to tell as always! My last update saw me in Phuket, where i was being given the royal tour guide treatment by my brothers friend Rob and his girlfriend Wan. Needless to say this treatment continued and i was throughly spoilt for places to se...