Hanoi....where the sound ringing through your ears is constant beeping from a million motorbikes and cars and you break every convention just to get through the barrage as you cross the street. Another place with dad- another lovely hotel. We are staying in the Metropole which is a beautiful historic building. Yesterday we went out for the day with a local tour guide called Ang who was really lovely. First we headed for Ho Chi Minh land- we stepped out of the ...

Merry Christmas from a very festive Hong Kong! We are with my dad in the very plush Peninsula hotel-It is an amazing treat after the last six months and great to see him of course.We flew from Siem Reap to Bangkok on Sunday afternoon after saying goodbye to the lovely Mr Monn and all the super friendly people at the lovely hotel 89 guesthouse. After we checked into the youth hostel we headed for Siam Square in the centre of town.We wandered around looking at the ...

After a gorgeous few days relaxing on the lovely island of Koh Lipe where Charles completed the "Pad Thai challenge" (in England before we left he declared that he loved it so much he was going to eat it for every meal when we were in Thailand) we got back on a boat and returned to Langkawi where we flew back to Kuala Lumpur for the night. On Wednesday morning we got up before the sparrows had even thought about farting and flew here to Siem Reap, Cambo...

We finally managed to tear ourselves away from the comfort of Amanda's flat and headed to the bus station to get on a coach to the Cameron Highlands in the middle of Malaysia. We went in and booked our ticket for one that was leaving in 45 minutes and then were told to go outbof the bulding and across the road to wait in a shop! 3.30 came when we were due to leave and a man came in and shouted at everyone waiting in Malay. A kind Chinese guy from Singapore turned...

We finally managed to tear ourselves away from the comfort of Amanda's flat and headed to the bus station to get on a coach to the Cameron Highlands in the middle of Malaysia. We went in and booked our ticket for one that was leaving in 45 minutes and then were told to go outbof the bulding and across the road to wait in a shop! 3.30 came when we were due to leave and a man came in and shouted at everyone waiting in Malay. A kind Chinese guy from Singapore turned...