OK, this is going to be very brief: Having a real s***e time atm: Had money stolen outta my bank account: the b******s took it all. And how did they get hold of my money when I had my card the whole time: well that ones easy; "arrarently" (So say Lloyds TS f***ing B), some robbing basterd CLONED my card. That was the only explanation that I got: but I presume that means that when I have used my card in an ATM, there was some dodgy equipment that took al...

I arrived back from apa to Hanoi: we had to take the night train back (another 12hour journey). And I have to say, if things couldn?t possibly get any worse for me, that this was the journey from HELL!     Consider the situation: I was spewing my guts up the whole 12hrs (no exaggeration!) I don?t know what the hell was wrong with me: but it got to the point where I had nothing left inside to throw up: that I started to throw uo Bile (the taste of which, ...

OK. So yesterday was the worst day ever the whole time that I have been travelling! Firstly I tried to climb Fansipan!! I say tried: I got 1 hour into it, and our guide was practically running up the f***ing mountain: so I said: 'f*** this s***, either slow down, or I go back to Sapa," His response: "well we have to go very quick today, cos if it gets dark, its very dabngerous, and tomorrow is even worse, cos we will be climbing very steep all day."...

  OK, so I am currently on a motorbike 'road-trip' around the picturesque mountaneous area of Sapa. Me, Phil and Ferrina (Swiss girl that we met in Laos, who is travelling with us for a while), hired out a motorbike each and have taken to the hills for 4days. As I had never ridden a manual motorbike before, we also hired a guide to drive me on the back: his name is Lhong (very nice Vietnamese chap), also we thought it would be far safer with a local, who knows...

VIETNAM (Hanoi: the capital city)   My feelings for Vietnam have somewhat been tainted due to the fact that when I was to arrive at the airport from ny flight from Luang Prabang in Loas, I was approached by a taxi driver who asked me where I wanted to go: I told him the name of the guesthouse where Phil was staying, and he agreed to take me there for like $10. Howvere, on the way, he said that I was required to pay the government toll tax before we could en...