GOOD MORNING VIETNAM!!! DAY 44: Singapore to Hanoi, Vietnam A 5.30am start this morning, but at least we'd had loads of sleep. Another seamless check in at the airport and with tons of time to kill we browsed the hundreds of shops and booked some accommodation for Hanoi online. To make up for last night's poor effort, we started our 10am flight to Hanoi with a Singapore Sling. And damn nice it was too. It's funny isn't it? When you're flying somewhere all se...

SLING-A-POOR EFFORT IN SINGAPORE POOR-DOWN DAY 43: Christchurch, New Zealand to Singapore An early start and a quick check-in at Christchurch airport which meant we had loads of time to look around the few shops. We even found a massive book on Shrek the Sheep. We flew with Singapore Airlines for the first time on this trip and they had some pretty big shoes to fill, which they did. So much so we left the flight feeling pretty stuffed. The tireless staff wor...

CHRISTCHURCH THE REDEEMER DAY 42: Christchurch At last we had some weather that would allow us to explore the town and see a little more than the tourist shops we'd seen so far. And it changed my opinion of Christchurch totally. Perhaps I'd been a little unfair to start with as this place is still recovering from an earthquake that happened just two months ago. We headed out towards the Botanical Gardens taking in a few craft shops along the way. This was th...

PIZZA SO TASTY, THE EARTH MOVED DAY 41: Queenstown to Christchurch It was 7am and a little cold and wet outside. The last thing I wanted to do was leave Queenstown, let alone walk down a really steep hill with a really heavy backpack on. When our bus arrived at our meeting point we were greeted by a larger than life Kiwi, nicknamed f*** f*** (real name, Kerry). It didn't take long to understand the origins of his nickname, for every sentence contained at lea...

FERG OFF, YOU LUGER! DAY 40: Queenstown After a hearty breakfast of boiled eggs, toasted soldiers and yoghurt we made our way down the hill in to Queenstown. We had a bit of time to kill before meeting the gang, so we decided to take a walk around the stunning Queenstown Gardens in the warm sunshine. It is a lovely walk with great views of the lake and we saw a few people playing disc golf (basically you have to throw a frisbee into a chain basket, which loo...