And we survived the Gibbon Experience! We had an amazing 3 days in the Bokeo jungle; treking, zooming along zip lines high up in the trees and sleeping in a treehouse 200ft in the air, in the canopy of the trees. Although, unfortunately, we didn't actually see in Gibbons, we could hear them from our treehouse in the mornings and evenings. I can't reccommend the Gibbon Experience enough. The guides were fantastic, very eager to take us out and explore the jun...

I'm typing this entry off line, on my iPhone as we cruise along the Mekong on a slow boat. This time we're heading up river instead of down, taking two days to travel from Luang Prabang to Huay Xia (a small town next to the Thailand border, where we're starting our next trip - The Gibbon Experience). But back to vietnam first - after finishing our motorbike journey, we hung out in Hoi An for a couple of days; wandering around the old town, drinking dirt cheer b...

Jas and I have now arrived in Hoi An after 5 brilliant days of riding motorbikes through inland Vietnam, through some mountains and along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. We did a trip with Papa Hahn's Easyriders, a company recommended to us by some friends that did it last year. So on our last full day in Nha Trang, we borrowed a bike from these guys to get out to the local hot springs and mud pools. Even though it was only a few km's away, the traffic is mad, so Jas ...

So it's taken me until Vietnam (a month!) to finally start writing about our travels. We started in Phi Phi Island in Thailand, which is a crazy place. Lots of beachs and buckets of booze! We were pretty active while we were there, hiked up a huge hill to the viewpoint over the island a couple of times (which nearly killed us the first time - climbing a hill with a hang over was a mistake!), sea kayaking and generally wandering around all the beaches. We had ...