Hello, Well I think we have gotten over the initial culture shock of China, though there are a few things which are difficult to adjust to: 1) Being starred at. Some people literally stop in their tracks to stare at us, while some children (who are clearly learning English at school) shout hello, which is quite sweet. We've even had some children run over to take our photo (no chance to pose!) celebrity status for us! 2) The toilets. Most public t...

Well, we arrived in China, but i'm still not entirely sure that this is a good thing!! We walked across the boarder from Vietnam, had our passports examined for about half an hour by Chinese officials, then walked the short distance to the bus station to catch our overnight bus to Kunming. At the bus station we were approached by a man who told us that we needed to pay him money since we intended to take our bags on the bus. We were skeptical since none...

Hello people, Well, on our first and last night in Hanoi we visited the water puppet theatre, which was actually quite entertaining, even though puppets freak me out quite a bit (remember Pob? that was just plain disturbing!) The following day we took a two day boat tour around Halong Bay, which consists of thousands of limestone cliffs spread over about 150 km of water. We did a panoramic journey around the bay, taking in the spectacular views and visi...

We spent the last two days in Hue; a sweet little town with great sunsets over the river. Yesterday we took a boat trip down the perfume river to visit the local pragoda, then in the afternnon we went for a walk through the local park which has many different arty type statues. Dean took along his new toy; it's a kind of shuttle c*** thing which you kick about (a popular game across Vietnam). I entertained him for a while with this before giving up (too hot ...

Well, we've been in Vietnam for almost a week, and it has to be said that I think this country is really beautiful. We spent the last two days in Hoi An; definitely one of my favourite places of the trip. No, not for it's beautiful white sands (Though always a bonus!) nor for the local sites, but instead, for the shopping! How deep I am! I'm all about the culture me. There are over 200 tailors in Hoi An, who provide tailor made clothes at an amazing spe...