23rd may we left hoi an on a bus to hue, then heading straight for a motorbike tour of the city....we ate lunch at a nunnery,saw the perfume river, visited the rice museum where an 80-odd yr old legend of a lady taught us about the life cycle of rice, we visited a pagoda and saw chanting monks.. but i have to say the highlight was when i burned my leg on the exhaust of the bike which is only just healing a week later!!!! though once id got over the fear of the bu...

ok so i left you on the 18th when we were awaiting our first overnight train from ho chi minh to na trang!.... surprisingly the carriage on the train was actually ok! the room slept four (2 bunk neds) so us 4 got to share a room! the beds were clean and we had tv in our room! we had some of the others in our carriage for some games of cards and then settled down for the night! i woke up a few times but it wasnt too bad really! 19th arrived in na trang early and...

yesterday (17/5) was 7 and half hr bus journey to ho chi minh city (formerly saigon), the 2nd biggest city in vietnam. we arrived at the hotel which is nice and had an hr or so to settle in before went on quick tour of the city centre! first impressions are that it is so busy here and the roads are the craziest ive seen so far! (almost got runover.. sometimes the dont run or stop rule does not work!) had an hr of shopping and bartering on the market (a lady actu...

hello everyone! so weve have been here a week so far and loving every minute of it! flew to bangkok and the flight actually wasnt too bad! met up with the group and went for yummy thai curry! theres 16 of us inc the tour leader. official day one we head for the thai/cambodian border and then to the city of siem reap. we went for dinner and then had an earlyish night at day two we hadto leave at 5am to head for angkor wat at sunrise. this is worlds largest tem...

testing testing ......... just set up my blog and checking its working ok and the link to facebook is all good....... 2 sleeps til the blast off and very exited! first destination, bangkok! :)