We lost our co-traveler, Craig, after Phi Phi as he got an early call back to duty and had to head back to South Africa. We were back down to two and we were heading to Vietnam, a part of South East Asia that neither of us had been to. After nearly 6 months away and 30 flights, who would've thought that Hanoi, Vietnam would be the first place that we would arrive to a placard greeting, friendly smile and someone waiting to take us to our hostel (correct...chauff...

Leaving the cultural joys and excitement of China behind, the trek headed south to Thailand, a wonderland that we were both familiar with and eager to return to. Mlungu Darren has seen Thailand as recently as last new year while mlungu Brett hadn't been back since 2005, the notorious year of the tsunami. We weren't alone for this leg of the trek and our friend from back home in Jozi, Craig Segal, came to join us. We officially welcomed co-mlungu trekker Dr Segal ...

Please check our post from Krabi where we write about Railay Beach: http://www.offexploring.com/mlungutrek/blog/thailand/krabi

From Hong Kong to Shanghai, a possibly even more impressive city than Hong Kong. This is the real deal for east meets west and is the poster child for China's future. You can't help but be a bit awestruck at the impressive city skyline from the Bund. Although they'd want you to make the comparison to New York and London, the city isn't there yet. But give them time and we're sure that it won't take long for Shanghai to at least look as impressive as these mega ci...

Three months in Europe came and went quicker than it takes weefee to get his phone out and check for wifi at any given restaurant. We couldn't believe that the biggest chunk of the trek was over and we were moving into the third piece that was expected to be completely different to anything we were used to and yet extremely exciting at the same time. We left London bound for the far east, and specifically, bound for Hong Kong but not before we were forced, at Hea...