Hi everyone, hope alls well. Im actually quite surprised we made it to Hoi An- basically after our Halong Bay trip we went back to Hanoi and we had 2 hours before our overnight train to Hoi An. Well, i had been sick for 5 days by then and was starting to worry so we were looking up words and trying to get the receptionist to translate some medical terms into vietnemese so that we could show the pharmacist. Well, the next thing you know she has phoned a taxi and w...

Ha Long Bay - fantastic! Go if you ever get the chance. It's like a dream (or an HSBC advert!). Hi all, Shanita here. Yes Halong Bay is beautiful- we had a great trip- stayed on a super nice boat and played the honeymoon card which resulted in best cabin with rose petals in heart shape on bed and being presented with a huge yummy cake at dinner accompanied by 2 bottles of rose champagne- we were very popular with the others who benefitted from the cake and champ...

Just arrived - already someones tried to scam us by arranging for us to be taken to the wrong hotel. Luckily wee had our trusty map and nade it to our prepaid hotel safe and sound. Update soon, Steve x Hi guys, Shanita here with some reflections on Hanoi: CRAZY CITY! We are based in the old town which is really the heart of the capital. The roads are mad: filled with motos beeping constantly. You basically have to walk on the roads as no real space on pavemen...

24Hours in Hong Kong. Pretty much covered it (well money wise!). Fantastic place - I'll finish this when we have time, Steve x Ok a wee bit more info now- arrived off yet another overnight train (19hours)- this one from Shanghai- into Hong Kong in the blistering heat. It was a shame we had such a short time here- we had loosely planned for 3days but when we looked into transport links, it just wasn't possible. So what to do in less than 24 hours- we took the su...

Hi all, Shanita here, time to update this one: Day 23-26 16th-19th Sep: Shanghai We took the most amazing overnight train- brand new and immaculate (big change from the previous trains!)- from Beijing to Shanghai. Arrived at 7.30am in the city and jumped in a taxi (they're ridiculously cheap) to our hotel. But we couldn't find it- it had been demolished...anyway we soon realised that we had been given the address of another hotel and got everything sorted. We ...