We are only 4 weeks out of Australia but what an exciting and interesting month it has been. As we approached our departure from Australia we were both excited about the totally different cultures that we were going to meet in Asia and it has fulfilled all our expectations and more. Hong Kong was a soft landing but as I have said before it was made very special by Nick Wilson and Jo who had an agenda that did not let us really land. It was so varied and compreh...

'My name is Bond - James Bond.' Well, I have to admit that they were not the words that I expected to hear, as I stepped into an air conditioned car, out of the heat and the scorching sun. This was the driver for our five hour journey to Hoian from Hue. As we left the Orchid Hotel, a very attentive member of staff informed me that we had a really good driver. Her words were not wrong. What an adventure! 'James ' a slight Vietnamese man, spoke fluent English an...