The bubble of excitement and anticipation filled us as we left Kuala Lumpur. We had read and heard so many stories. Hannah had told us about her experiences when she was travelling. Our first day in Delhi was to be honest quite a shock. The hotel staff warned us quite emphatically that we would attract attention and that we must say no and must not agree be taken anywhere!!! I think we now saw ourselves as 'intrepid travellers' and thought it was just a warning ...

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...

While waiting at Hong Kong airport we thought of Martin Heath, our dear friend, who over the years has been a frequent travelled to HK with his work. We imagined him in this airport, which is truly enormous. It would have been lovely if he suddenly appeared. Alas, he was no where to be seen. Like everything in HK, they are able to move a huge amount of people quickly and efficiently from arriving to departing. There are so many local fast food providers all bus...

Apologies to all for looking backwards again but I need a while to consolidate my thoughts about places we have visited and our time in Hong Kong is no exception. We have just had so many unique experiences and seen so many things that you would only see in Hong Kong that you need to stand back and review it all particularly as we were only there for six very active days. After a seven and a half hour flight through the night from Perth WA we arrived at about 08...