Hello everyone!!! We have just arrived back in Bangkok after flying last night from Hanoi. We got a really cheap Air Asia flight - they are a bit like Easyjet - for just 39USD!! We had a wonderful last week in Sapa trekking and then in Halong Bay. Sapa was definately the highlight of Vietnam for us even though the weather was terrible..thunder and lightening storms!! The local minority peoples were incredibly friendly (especially when you buy something ...

Hello from Bangkok!!! We have been here for one week now and have had an amazing time!! Bangkok is brilliant and a lot more like Hong Kong than Cairo..thank goodness!!! We have been so happy eating fresh fruit and Thai noodle soup everyday for next to nothing. We've done most of the sights...Wat Pho, Wat Phra Kaew, the Grand Palace, the Reclining buddha, and of course, the snake farm where I overcame my snake phobia and held one!!! We went to the amazing week...