Ladyboys and Skyscrapers - Sam's Entry Good evening. The events of the last few days have left me chilled out, freaked out and dazzled to the very core - in that particular order. We left our blogging in Ko Lanta, and then went to Phi Phi, which was by far my favourite. The water was pristine, aquamarine blue, and you can see right to the bottom for metres and metres down. The beaches are also famously beautiful, and packed with people and bars too; we jumped s...

Thailand - Ko Lanta: Dave's entry Sawadee Khrap! Hope that all is well back in England and life is treating you kindly. So since the last time i blogged we have been keeping ourselves plenty busy. The evening of our last blog we went to book our trek which we hoped to start the following day. We were able to find a brilliant deal, with a 3 day 2 night trek costing us a misely 1200 baht or in English 22 pounds. High on the success of our fruitful negotiations w...

Laos - Luang Prabang: Dave's Entry Morning Home. So this will be reaching you Sunday Morning, I would hope that most of you would still be in bed. Unfortunatly I haven't been afforded such luxury with a grand total of 6 hours sleep in the last 48 hours. Though that's a story that can wait a moment. After our last blog entry we have been very busy indeed, going out of Vietnam, through Laos and now finally through the other side to Chiang Mai in Thailand. The day...

NORTHERN VIETNAM - Sam Not only has the Socialist Republic of Vietnam decided to ban Facebook due to alleged anti-government talk from Vietnamese people online, but we've been holed up on a boat for 3 days and havn't been able to contact the outside world for a while. Our last hours in Hoi An were a bit of a fiasco - the tailors lost part of my suit and went to "go and get it" which took them about 4 hours. Blatently working their sweatshop slaves...

Vietnam - Hoi An: Dave's entry. Hey Guys!I'm sat in an internet cafe in Hoi An at the moment trying to avoid the rain. That's right the rain, today was the first morning i have woken up to anything other than scorching heat and blue skies. Very Very displeased.So anyway, just thought i would update anyone who is interested with what Sam and I have been doing the past few days. The evening i last updated was our official goodbye party with the Gap group. It was a...