Hi all, Well I am now back in Bangkok after a fab three weeks in Vietnam. For my last two days I stayed in Ho Chi Minh city and thanks to Martin O'Grady (must meet you for a beer) stayed in the luxurious Caravelle hotel which his brother Stephen is the General Manager of. The hospitality shown to me was unreal and made a perfect end to a pefect time in Vietnam. Who ever is reading this if you ever go to Vietnam you MUST stay in the caravelle hotel. The food...

Hi all, The more I travel the smaller and smaller this world seems to get!!! You would never believe what happend to me yesterday in Vietnam? Well nothing really happened but I met two girls in a place called "Sapa" who were from Mayo. We got talking and they asked me where I was going after vietnam. I told them south Africa for 10 days or two weeks, but that I would be cutting the trip short as I was coming home for a friends wedding in Newcastl...

Hi all, This is a long one so I have broken it down into sections (IN BOLD) Well to begin with the website as no default photos of Vietnam, so I've had to opt for tiger here! I'll put some good photoss of Vietnam on in the next week or so. VIETNAM SO FAR.... I arrived here on Tuesday afternoon and checked into a hotel that I can only describe as the Ritz. Well it wasn't that nice, but very clean, massive king size bed, sofas, balcony on t...