You could say i'd been looking forward to Whale Island, and it certainly didn't dissapoint! If you've looked at the photos then you'll know wat i mean. It was chill out time, and i did plenty of that. Long white beach, warm crystal clear waters, palm trees, bamboo beach bungalows and a beach bar! What more can you ask for? Oh apart from the most magnificent sunsets i've ever seen too! There were some activities to be done. For example, me and Richard took a ...

After finally departing Hanoi for the last time, we had a 12 hour overnight train journey to Hue, the Imperial city, and old capital of Vietnam in the days of the Nguyen Dynasty Emperors. The sun was also finally shining properly, and boy was it strong! We checked out some great little temples and the old citadel, and took a boat trip up the perfume river to see some grand tombs, but in the evenings the group was really starting to come together! We went to a gre...

Wow, this place is just incredible. The photos are good, but pictures just can't do it justice. This is the first place that i really wished that somebody from home could have seen and experienced it with me. The scale of it is had to put on camera. 1600 islands/outcrops scattered over a massive area, and only one is inhabited. It felt like the Lost World. When i was sea kayaking between the islands, we went through an arch in one on the islands into this complet...

Well, from the hustle and bustle of Hanoi, we drove 3 and half hours out of the city, up into the glorious mountains, and its like a different world. We spent 3 hours walking further up into the mountains, which are just so spectactular, to find our first little village. I just can't get over how friendly and accomodating the people are, especially the children. I just want to wrap them up and take them home. They are just like how children really should be:...

Well everybody, this is Hanoi! Its busy, its dirty, its crazy, its noisy, its beautiful and its cheap! Very cheap. My point...i had a three course meal with two pints of local beer last night for the grand total of.....3 pounds!!! Yes my friends, looks like i might have a bit more to spend in australia! I have been here two dyas, and seen lots of great touristy sites, but it is just walking round the streets that makes you feel a million miles away. The traf...