We are now in Kanchanaburi (the river Kwai) having arrived last night and as soon as we sat foot in the place a storm started! We arrived at our hotel and it was right on the river, three hundred metres walk from the famous bridge. Not being put off by the weather we went for a swim until the lightening set in and then it was time for a shower, a walk to the bridge and some grub! We couldn't believe how close the bridge was to our room! Although it doesn't look l...

We arrived in Bangkok around midday yesterday, and thankfully we had already arranged a transfer to our hotel and there was somebody waiting at the airport holding a card with our names on it. We felt so important!! As soon as we were out of the airport and on our way to the hotel, we could tell that Bangkok was a lot more Westernised than anything we had experienced in Vietnam. All the major brand names that we knew were scattered around, and we even saw our fi...

After our three day trip and the copious amounts of alcohol that were supped by everyone, you would think that the evening meal before we all went our separate ways last night would be fairly straightforward? One thing we have learned from Vietnam...nothing is straightforward! After three days straight of rice, omelette, fish and water spinach for lunch and dinner, it was time for something a little closer to home. Pizza! We all met up at a lovely restaurant ri...

The day after we arrived in Hanoi we set off on a three day, two night trip to Hal Long Bay and Cat Ba Island. We woke up nice and early again as our tour guide was supposed to be picking us up from our hotel between 7.30 and 8am. Being in Vietnam we should have known better than to actually expect that this is when he would arrive! 7am he was at the door so after a mad rush we were ready for a bus trip to our boat. We arrived at the boat and were all split up i...

We arrived in Hanoi after a fourteen hour night bus trip from Hue and the last thing we needed was people pecking our heads and all claiming that they were from Sinh Cafe and the person next to them was lying. So what do you think we got?? We went with one of them as it was a free ride into town, but then when we got a taxi from their dodgy little hotel, the driver didn't speak a word of English and just followed his mate on a bike around while he tried to get us...