Sin jow from vietnam I know its not been that long since the last blog but i need to tell you about this journey! So from vientiane we headed north, spent a night in the touristy but beautiful vian vieng where we had incredible food and the best room yet. 5 pounds got us a balcony view of the mountains, beautiful furniture and a western toilet (i almost dont know how to use them anymore im so used to a hole in the ground!) From there we had an incredible drive...

Sabai dee from laos! Its so hot and wonderful and manky and friendly and everything all at once! We left bangkok in thailand and headed east to a national park where we had to hitch several lifts to get into the visitor centre. We paired up with a french couple and went on a night safari. There are tigers and elephants but they are very rare to see, our best sighting was monkeys, porcupines and deer. You are allowed to walk around the park yourself at nights s...

howdy doo dah! just a wee quick blog to let you all know that we went forth to the riots of bangkok, and guess what, its fine! i dont know how much of the news got home but bankok on the 12-14th of april had political protests (dont ask me what about) and there were lots of shootings n stuff. we tried to get flights changed and were told that the only other airport we could fly into was singapore - no thanks! so we got on a 737 with ten other people (whole row...

And so to Hong Kong! We last said hello from Shanghai where we spent over a week walking round the alleyways, trying crazy foods and having a ball. We have been travelling since then with an english couple who are as mad as we are! We went to Hangzhou, a small city outside shanghai that had a beautiful lake (that we walked right round!), cheap jazz bars and a groovy hostel. Spent a miserable night when we first arrived trying to find a bed - took until 11pm that...

Ni ha! Finally found a computer that will let me on this website. China has weird internet policies which only allows you to access so much online. Anyway! Flew into beijing on the 16th - nightmare trying to find the hostel at 11pm at night. It was a lovely place, a little courtyard enclosed with couches and tables and rooms leading off for sleeping. Unfortunately this little jem of a hostel was in the middle of a "hutong" which are the crammed houses...