"Hello my friends hello, just called to say hello" thank you mr neil diamond. Well its been such a long time since we spoke i thought id back date the blog to chau doc then post a new one with where we are now, any way last time we spoke i had got us off the bus in mui nei six k, yes, six kilometers short of where we were suposed to get off,( i have a wonderfull sense of direction, and a very patient and forgiving wife). With my tight yorkshire head on,...

So first thing, sorry its been a while but internet connections and working computers have hindered us some what. Met up with mat and gemma, great people who have kept us entertained on a daily basis since we last spoke, (They are the couple we met on the night bus) The four of us met quite randomly in hoi an on Hevs birthday (Photos to follow, internet still to slow), which was great we were staying in different parts of town, them in a rather nice hotel with...

Are you going our Hue! So what can i tell you about Hue that you dont allready know?? Well there's a citadel, very big , pretty cool, unless it's peeing down and you're wearing flip-flops, then unless you're torvil and dean you might struggle! The citadel is intresting but takes an age to see and it starts to get a bit samey after the first two hours, except for the fish, very cool (video speaks a thousand words). The one saving grace of Hue was matt and gemma,...

So after spending an action packed couple of days in Ninh Bihn, trying not to crash or moped in to a cyclist who turned right in front of us, (clenching buttox moment for sure) we boarded the night bus to Hue. Ten pm pick up twelve hour trip, cool, one snag the bus was full baring two seats no where near each other, one on its own in centre isle top bunk or, right at the back top row middle seat of five, after loosing rock, paper, siscors i made my way to the bac...

So after a couple of crazy days in Hanoi, meeting some very cool people, playing pool on the worlds worst pool table, dancing with mike(from the usa) and sam (from australia) till four in the morning, watching mike entertain a vietnamise birthday party with nothing more than a bar tray, and leaving wiggles to his own crazy drunken ways, we left Hanoi and headed for Halong bay and cat ba island. Sorry we didnt free style it we booked a tour, bit of a cop out but ...