Hello again, After a freezing cold shower which was actually ok despite it only being 2am, we packed up our bags and got our complimentary taxi from our hotel to the airport at 4am for our flight to Hanoi, Vietnam. When we arrived at the airport we were shocked to find that there was no open check in desks. We then had to wait around for an hour for the staff to arrive. Once on the plane we found out that our bad luck with plane journeys had stuck again. The w...

Hi everyone, This is it now, after over a year in the planning (Ross) the day has finally arrived to leave the motherland. In a couple of hours we will be boarding a Qantas flight heading towards Bangkok :) The rucksacks are all packed with massive amounts of first aid to cover ANY medical situation we get ourselves into, which means there's only a small amount of space for clothes (3 of everything) Passport, money, tickets and guide books all in hand luggage ...