Well since we were in Hue the rain hasn't really stopped. The plans that we had made whilst we were there had to be scrapped as looking around the sights of a city is not the most fun whilst it is raining cats and dogs. We had to take up our time by finding little bars and restaurants, walking around with our ponchos on and camping in our hotel room in the warm and dry. Whilst in a bar one night, we were chatting to the locals over a few drinks and a game of Jeng...

Well since we rolled into Hanoi looking like Sleepy and Grumpy from Snow White and the seven dwarfs we decided that even though we needed rest we would soldier on for the evening. The night we got there, we decided to have a walk about and grab some grub. We had been recomended by Natalie and James to go see some water puppetry whilst we were here. It is seen as the greatest water puppetry in the country in Hanoi as it originated in northern Vietnm and always tip...

Well we are now two months into our travels and so far have travelled over land roughly 2500miles. So we are finally in Hanoi after many miles, frustrations and not much sleep at all. But we are here. The whole trip started out when we left from Huay Xai on the 1st November after the gibbon experience. We had originally planed to travel the 250 mile east to Muang Khua near the Laos/Vietnam border within one day. We woke early to get to the bus stop via Tuk-Tuk by...

Well we have finally made it into Vietnam. It has been one hell of a trip and took a few days longer than we thought. But a lot has happened in the past week so I will start at the beginning with the Gibbon Experience. As we told you on the last blog the Gibbon Experience was the thing that we visited Laos for. We set off early on the first day 29th October for the two and a half hour drive to the village in the Bokeo Nature Reserve where we would start our trek ...

Well we arrived in Luang Prabang on the 24th October. We defiantly picked a great time to arrive as it was the boat festival that symbolizes the end of the wet season. The whole city was lit up by candles, tilly lamps and lanterns that gave the place a real Christmassy feel as we walked round taking in the sights with child like butterflies in our stomachs. The monks and locals all build model boats that are lavishly decorated with bright colours and candles ou...