Well we can honestly say we cruised the South China Seas yesterday. Just because it was a bit of a booze cruise doesn't mean it doesn't count and we integrated with the locals when the captain of the ship [no less] took a shine to Dave. I'm not sure if he fancied him or was by fascinated by him or just enjoyed the company of a fellow lager lout but we were invited to join him and his family to eat at their table [they gave us some weird looking and tasting 'meat...

Noisy! That's the best way I can describe our 8 hour train journey to Nha Trang. We can officially confirm that we have totally mastered the art of packing and carrying our back packs and it is second nature to us now; everything has its special place or pocket so that we are not constantly rummaging and losing things and we now sling the packs on our backs and stride off like seasoned travellers; no more top heavy wobbling about like a couple of old soaks. ...