Travelling does not always go according to plan! We did not leave Dalat when I last wrote, we ended up staying there for 5 days! We went to bed packed and ready for our trip the nex morning. Literally 10 minutes later Darren said he didn't feel well, he started to get a temperature which escalated into a fever and he had diarrhea which lasted all night so there was very little sleep. Anyway this lasted for 4 days! In the end we went to the hospital, which I must...

Well we have our fleeces, trainers and trousers on for the first time since we were in Himal Pradesh, India. Dalat is so much cooler but beautiful, the terrain is filled pine trees, lakes and lots of fruit and flowers are grown here. We leave tomorrow to start a five day tour through the central highlands so thought I'd better try and catch up as we will be no where near a computer. Our trip will take us up to Hoi An. It should be really good, hopefully we will s...

Happy New Year to everyone! Darren and I wish you all health and happiness for this year. We had a very loud busy New Years eve but before I tell you about that I have to say that we were totally estatic to find out that Mark and Rachel have had a healthy boy named Joshua George Swansborough!!! He was born on Christmas eve so a great Christmas present to the Swansboroughs! So our first drink was a toast the to the little fellow. Saigon is like being constantly o...

Its boxing day, very hot (especially in this room) and today I have my editor (Darren) watching over. Though I am sure he's going to slip away at some point to sit in a hammock or go into the water! Thank you for all the Christmas messages it really means a lot to us,we both felt the isolation and lack of Christmas festivities yesterday. Suzanne YOU SCARED ME!! We were sitting here and I was thinking ' really, would she really be that irresponsible!!!'. We spoke...