Hi everyone! Apologies for not updating sooner. We caught a flight to Chiang Mai from Laos, and ended up going straight to sleep when we got there. Such a pity we couldn't change our flights to stay here longer, but it cost a lot to change. We went on tour next day, first to an elephant camp, rafting trip, ox ride, buffet lunch, long neck hill-tribe, orchid garden/butterfly farm! We arrived at a place where they showed us how they make paper from elephant...

Hi everyone! Have yet againa bit of back tracking to do. The four of us have been on our own for almost a week now. It has been great being on tours and have met some great people but good to be four of us. We went to Halong Bay from Hanoi. It was the most breath taking stunning view I have ever seen. We took a bus through the Red River Delta and stopped at a handicrafts village run by disabled people. They had some of the most impressive forms of embroidary I ha...

Hi everyone! Lots of catching up to do, the connection has been quite slow in Cambodia and computers keep crashing. We arrived in Ho Chi Minh City, which was a culture shock after Cambodia. It was a very modern and built up city, not what we were used to.We had a cyclo tour (will put picture of cyclo up) through Saigon. We saw Chinese Market, and a Chinese Temple, also the War Museum of Vietnam. It was so sad there, also terrible they way they portrayed the ...

Hi everyone, This is going to be along one as I have some catching up to do, but I won't bore you all too much. We visited the Killing Fields of Choeung Ek. The guide that was showing us around had lost most of his family members due to the Khumer Rouge, and was on the verge of tears. We were shown a huge tower where lots of skulls were kept, showing how brutally people were killed, with bamboo sticks or against a sharp palm tree and many more terrible, brutal...

Hi everyone! Cambodia has turned out to be my favourite place. We have fitted so many things in the last couple of days and are always kept going. I need a rest so I have taken a break from going for dinner with the group. In Siem Reap we visited the landmine museum in style on a tuk tuk. It was truely an eye opening experience, and all down to one man Aki ra a former Khumer Rouge conscripted child soldier devoting his life to make Cambodia a safe place again. H...