Ok more serious blog entry now...The journey from Vientiane to Hanoi really did take 26 hours and it was not the most comfortable. Arriving at the Vietnam border at 1.30 am for it not to open till 7 am at least allowed us to sleep for a few hours without the rocking of the bus and tooting of the horns jolting us awake. As I said, immigration is very thorough here, even your bags get x-rayed when coming into the country. I will admit I spent a couple of days wonde...

After setting off from my hotel at 5 pm in the evening, we finally made it to Hanoi about 26 hours later...to say it was the longest bus ride of my life is actually true and no exaggeration! Immigration in Vietnam is actually more confusing but also more strict than in India (which I already thought was a little over the top). The best thing about it is someone makes sure you have a proper visa before signing you out of the country you have just come from so you ...

Woke up nice and early to discover there was no water and no power to the island, oh well hopefully it'll be back on by the time I come back. After getting to the Kayaking place on time, we were running late, but breakfast was included so it didn't matter too much. We were equipped with a helmet (which was too big) a life jacket and a water proof bag (second time lucky fingers crossed). There wasn't really a safety briefing just a few quick instructions on how to...

I woke up early as usual in time to see some of the sun appear over the horizon, Vicky was leaving today so I would now have the bungalow to myself till I left Don Deth. I thought I was dreaming sat on that veranda when I saw a Monk come flying past in a motorised boat...I guess they have to get from A to B somehow lol. Today was a bit of a nothing day, I went out to get some dinner which was Spaghetti Bolognaise. Now I know that's very Western and not really or...

I was still feeling a little bit iffy today but had to get out and see something, so Ish, Riccardo, Vicky, Jim and I hired bicycles and went two wheeling across the island. The first hurdle was finding a decent bike...breaks, good tyres and of course a girly basket where on the shopping list! We cycled off in the afternoon towards the bridge which links Don Deth with Don Khone, after paying 20,000 kip for a day pass we were on our way to finding the waterfall. I...