I think I mentioned that I injured my foot wading out to a beach back up at Ha long Bay (a week ago by this point). I had stood on a shell and it had stabbed the balll of my foot and some shards had lodged in there. At the time Dr Sally thought that she had removed all the pices . . . but as it turned out she had missed the biggest piece! A week later I was puzzled as to why my foot was still sore to walk on and was even becoming worse. My doctor assured me it w...

As we stepped off the sleeper bus bleary eyed and dissorianted at 5am in the middle of nowhere, we had to bargain with a couple of distinctly dodgy looking men who just seemed to be hanging around at the side of the road. They were to give us a lift on the back of thier mopeds to the place where we were staying. So we set off into the darkness not knowing which way we were heading or when we would get there. Through rain and wind we rode on some uneven and pot h...

Satyed in unesco world curtural town for two days, rented bikes and cycled to the beach and then out into the farm contry. Fields look just the same as the ones at home except more mud and water, and the occasional water buffalo. I had a 3 piece suit tailor made and Sally got a dress made for her so we are both looking sharp! Fits extremely well was cheap, and all made in one day - very efficient over here. Heading south to some jungle hippie commune for a coup...

Hello all, heres the latest update. Went for 2 days trekking in the high mountains in the north of Vietnam close to the Chinese border. Visited some villages of ethnic minority tribes (oompah loompahs) who lived there among the rice paddys which are carved into the landscape. They midgets guided us through the mountains and showed us around thier villages, the views were stunning, the weather was gorgeous and we were well looked after - although I think they wer...

Arrived safely, and spent a night in a hotel near Bangkok. We could see from the plane that the countryside surrounding the city was very badly flooded and the water had ceeped ints way up the the road beside our hotel. We ate dinner outside and were eaten alive by mosquitos. Legs are very attractive now! On to Hanoi which is dense and bustling city with millions of mopeds! There seems to be no rules when it comes to driving or crossing the road but apparently i...