Hi all We are now in Hue. We flew in earlier today and had time at the hotel for a snooze, now its back to sight seeing. The guide took us outside the hotel and 2 cyclo drivers were waiting for us. We climbed aboard and away we went. I dont think I've ever been so scared, the traffic in vietnam is like nothing I've ever seen (even on TV), the sheer volume of bikes and cars is beyond belief and my thought as I was being driven through the traffic on the c...

Hello everyone and greetings from Vietnam HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone - hope you had a good NYE back in the UK.. At the moment we're in Halong Bay which is about 300km east of Hanoi on the coast. Yesterday on teh way here we had a horse and cart ride around a local village followed by our own personal theatre/song performance - you can see by the pictures that we were a bit shocked when 4 ladies and their 'band' started carrying on - neither of us knew ...

Hi from Vietnam WE arrived here this morning and it is completely manic here, we cant believe the amount of scooters on the roads and there is no system for traffic at all, its like being in TT races, crazy. Despite this, we cant help but really really like what we've seen of Vietnam so far, its weird, its developing, hectic and strange but still we love it at the moment. When we flew into Bangkok, I wanted to get straight back out again, people were t...

Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to meeee, Happy Birthday to me, hip hip horaaaaay. Yes it was my birthday on christmas eve and I know you'll all be shocked by this revelation, yes I was 30, I know I know I look much younger but still how time flys (no comments are necessary in reply!!) Had a lovely day yesterday, Rob spoilt me (as ususal) with flowers and banners and ballons and egg muffins (McMarch style) they were yummy. We...

Hiya to everyone and greetings from Melbourne, We've been here for a week after Melbourne and to be honest our first feelings was to get the next flight back to Tassie !!!???!!! We saw our accomodation on the internet and it looked really nice with decent sized rooms in a massive old house ('Eildon Mansion') - when we turned up it was a different story - the house was under renovation with all the paint peeling of the walls and 1 toilet to share between abo...