Hi all. After exploring the amazing countryside of Yangshuo we took a couple of trains and a bus into Vietnam. Spent a few days in Hanoi eating ice cream then headed down to central Vietnam and the city of Hue. Explored the old palaces and tombs which were awesome and then moved on to Hoi An - a quaint old fishing town. This is where it really started to rain, unbelievable amounts. Roads were fast turning into rivers and there were boats going up and down the rao...

Hi everyone. So we flew from Seoul to Hong Kong and arrived Friday evening. Spent the weekend with Avril (Katie's step sister) which was great and a bonus to have local knowledge. Hit all the sights - the peak, big buddha, Lamma Island and took part in the Halloween festivities on Saturday night which was crazy. We then took a ferry to Macau which is like a mini Vegas but with really nice old colonial Portugese architecture as well. The Venetian casino has a St...

So the Grand Prix trip turned out to be an absolute winner! The seats were incredible, probably would have cost about a grand each. They were in the main grandstand on the starting grid opposite McLaren and Red Bull pits. We were only 7 rows back so could see everything so well. The US soldiers we had gone with were a bit confused as to why we were there, we were too, but it all worked out ok and no one found out we were complete imposters. Spent a few days exp...

Hello! We survived the rather dull ferry ride to South Korea and arrived in a city called Busan. We have found the people a bit more friendly than in Japan and they seem to know a bit more English but we are not enjoying the food as much. We manage to order something disastrous every meal, like a meal you think would be hot is served cold. You order vegetables with rice and instead you get beef soup. We have discovered these little pancake-donut-type-things w...

Hello! We survived the rather dull ferry ride to South Korea and arrived in a city called Busan. We have found the people a bit more friendly than in Japan and they seem to know a bit more English but we are not enjoying the food as much. We manage to order something disastrous every meal, like a meal you think would be hot is served cold. You order vegetables with rice and instead you get beef soup. We have discovered these little pancake-donut-type-things w...