I have one word for Hanoi...CHAOS. Oh my god it's nuts. There are 3 million mopeds and I think they're all on the road at once. The rules on of the road are as follows...There are no rules. Small yields to big, free for all at junctions, red lights mean you can stop if you like, beep your horn constantly to make your presence felt. Crossing the road is a game of chicken. It works like this. As a pedestrian, it's not my responsibility to find a suitabl...

The highlight of pouring hot springs, despite the title, was not the hot springs. Aching muscles or not, the last thing you want to do in a hot and humid country is to get into an even hotter pool of water. Instead we rested our legs in the comfort of our air-conned room. And boy did they ache...for days, particularly down stairs. We did however make the short walk to the tropical garden. Here they rehabilitated an Orangutan called Jackie, who cannot resist a f...

We finally set out to climb the mountain thats been peering over us for days now. Bizarely we all opted for the longer but more scenic route called the mesilau track. We had a mammoth breakfast before we set of. The first 1km was really difficult, steep uphill up uneven steps which we difficult to negotiate. After that i settled into my pace and it became slightly easier. we found our rhythm seemed to match that of the two doctors on the tour so we stuck with the...

So we're back in Malaysia. This time over in Borneo. It's great to be back here. I love Malaysia and the people are fantastic. For the first 12 days here we joined a tour group called intrepid. We had one night in town before we met the group, then it was off to the hotel to find out what we were in for. There were 12 of us on the tour - 5 couples and 2 singles. We all went out for an Indian, which we ate with our hands off banana leaves. Then we went on ...

My first impression of Chiang Mai couldn't be more opposite to that of Bangkok. The streets were lined with beautiful bars and restaurants. There was an air of calm (well as calm as Thailand gets!) created by loads of space and the people were very helpful. We couldn't get far without people coming over to talk to us to give some advice or just to have a chat. We had dinner and a few drinks later Tom had managed to persuade me it would be a good idea to h...