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, ...

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...

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...

OK...so since I last updated my journal I have done so much. So I shall start from where I last left off from Vientiane.     Me and Phil took a bus from the capital of Laos (Vientiane) to Phonsovan, which took 8hrs and was the most random bus journey yet! We yook the local public bus, so me and Phil were the only two westerners on there. Half way through the journey, we stopped to pick up 2 Laos guys who were both carrying AK47s!!! Which we both found pr...