Hey allSo spent a day in vientiane, its a cool city, busy but not rude, bustly but not impersonal, how poetic do i sound right now?!so went to see pha that luang, the big huge golf ocvered temple that is the symbol of vientiane, was v cool, expecially weird since i saw buddist monks in their bright ornae garb working with electric circular saws and hammers and nalis alongside carpeters to build something inside the temple.shame i didnt get good photo of it cos u ...

Hi all so just a quickie today (yes i tell everyone that!)i spent one day in hanoi wandering around and seeing sights, didnt really like it much, thought it was a v dirty, poluted, unfriendly place. lots of unsmiling people trying to rip you off for being a tourist, no bargaining, average samey shops etcc etc.so the next morning got on a bus for four hours to halong bay which is a beautiful place of limestone cliffs and rocks sticking out of emerald sea. went the...