Wow, we were expecting a crazy city but this place is rediculous!!!The placeHanoi is the capitol of Vietnam, it has a population of around 3.5 million and they all seem to own a scooter and want to be in the same place at the same time.  It's buildings are a blend of vintage Vietnam and French architecture.  Every street is crazy, and you have to walk on the road as the shops and food stalls spill out onto the pavements.  Crossing the road took...

We booked a three day boat trip to Halong Bay and set off out of the traffic in Hanoi. In our drivers rush to get us to the boat we got stopped and given a speeding ticket , so after some road side banter money changed hands and we were on our way agan .Halong Bay was amazing the water was clear, the weather was brilliant and our boat was so much nicer than anything we had seen so far.We sat down to lunch on the boat with clean white table cloths and food th...

Well we are actually in Hanoi now but that can wait... It's hard to put things into words, we see and do so much, time flies and sometimes it's a little hard going - HONEST!! Since we last wrote we had only got to Chaing kong, northern Thailand on the border of our 2nd country LAOS!! Before we tell you about Laos let us tell you of the night before the long boat trip. Our hotel was basic to say the least, Gecko's on the walls and solid beds. But the v...

Well hello again. Hope you are having fun!! The night train was cool, we met up with a German couple who were on the seats next to us. They are the only Germans I ( Glenn ) have ever liked. Although they were a bit too security concious padlocking, tiewrapping and tying our bags up - before we got what we wanted out of them. The views were amazing and will be posted soon ( the internet is slow here ). We all jumped in the back of a taxi, well it was...

This photo picking thing is doing my head in!! Anyway, on the way down to Hue ( Pronounced HOOAY ) we stopped at a little cafe for brekkie.  Yummy, I was getting a little hungry so I stuffed me fat face.  A guy came over and started talking about the DMZ ( de-militrised zone ) and he did tours to the old north south border. We were tired and weary by now but after he chatted for a while and read comments from other poeple we decided to let the bus ...