DAY SIX I must put a disclaimer in first of all - I am actually actively encouraging Jasmin to write some of this, but to this point, unfortunately is my verbal diarrhoea you will have to put up with. The feverish hot plate that is Hanoi greeted our weary eyes with an abundance of blistering sunshine and the resultant combination of scintillating cooking aromas and the unfortunate by-products of rotting fish and sewerage. Quite a lot to process at 10am in the mo...

Day two We wanted heat - well, we got it! Woke at 7am to 33 degrees Celsius outside. In the words of Ice Cube and N.W.A , I hope today was going to be a good day. After conversations that were very much lost in translation, we discovered our luggage had in fact made it to Bangkok and reunification was sweet! First envelope from the Alan MacDonald inspired country by country care package was opened, containing currency, a flag and interesting facts! Scanning the...