Hello! We're back in Hanoi now. It's really cold here unlike when we first arrived. Decided to leave Cat ba Island yesterday as it was a quiet place and was very grey, misty and cold. Got a ferry to Hai Phong yesterday lunchtime and arrived at 3pm. After trailing round with all our bags, we eventually found somewhere to eat but the menu was all written in Vietnamese! The ferry trip back was safe this time, although we were sat playing cards and instantly...

Vietnam - I loved the feel of Hanoi as a city. First night we had two double rooms and then the second we were moved into one massive room. Hotel was lovely. Spend most of a day mooching around the city, got lunch out in a cafe overlooking the lake and generally relaxed. The traffic in the city is purely motorbikes and to cross the road is a bit sketchy. If you creep across the bikes dodge you... hopefully! The humidity is immense - nothing dries, not even my hai...

Pushkar, India - Arrived here about lunch time. Had a lovely lunch at the Moondance Cafe, sitting in a beautiful garden. Pushkar was an awesome place, my favourite of India i think. Wish we could have stayed a bit longer. There is still the hassle from shops but its got a more friendly and chilled out feel. probably because its holy and the old wacky backy is quite an in thing! Lots of western people were about - many hippies inparticular. After mooching down the...

Jaipur - India The day that we arrived back in Delhi after the long journey we had booked a mini trip with a driver to go to Rajasthan. We left at about 3 in the afternoon and arrived in Jaipur at 8pm. The hotel had a bit of a strange feel to it, possibly just because we were all so shattered. Our bags were taken to our rooms and straight away we were shown how to lock the door and call reception!! Then a second guy came in, told us the same but added 'if t...

Allahabad - last journey here in the comfort of the cars today. Left at 9am and journey was about 4 hours. The average km's per hour is next to nothing! Arrived at the Milan Palace Hotel! - was as lovely as it sounds yet an absolute contrast to the street in which it stands on! We took rickshaws to the Nehru Museum and instantly became famous. We had a mass following of Indian People and one guy pointed a camera in my face telling me he was from a newspaper.....