Hello from Hong Kong!Hong Kong is the most amazingly vibrant, colourful and modern city we've been to so far in Asia. We absolutely love it. However, to get here we had to endure the most horrific flight of our lives.All seemed normal at the airport, we checked in, had the normal panic that we might have some potentionally objectionable liquid in our hand luggage, and before long had borded and were ready for take off. It was a very short flight, and we expected ...

After the rain of the south we headed north in search of some more sunshine. The fact that our next shop, Hoi An, was the tailoring capital of Vietnam, had absolutely no influence on Fern's insistance that we should deffinately stop here for a few days. Hoi An is an interesting mix of traditional Vietnamese culture and foriegn influence, particularly Fernch, Japanese and Chinese. The result is a beautiful little port town with cobbled streets, famed for the tasti...

The first thing that hits you about Ho Chi Mihn City (hopefully not literally) is the traffic. (Sorry Matt, but it really is noticeable.) Anything on two wheels rules. Faced with this unrelenting wall of motorbikes we had little choice but to do as the locals do: put a hand up in the air, hold onto your ‘valuables’, and walk very slowly until you reach the opposite curb, resisting the instinct to jump out of the way of the bikes coming towards you. The bikes ...

Some of the more observant of our readers will have noticed that we are actually no longer in Cambodia. However, due to a poor internet connection, equally poor time management and general laziness this blog is backdated. We left you on tenterhooks, in nervous anticipation of the Thailand/Cambodia land border crossing, that we had little choice but to pass through. We had heard worrying rumors about this border, which had a reputation for dodgy dealings, and ...

Sawadeeka! We have been in Thailand for about 10 action-packed days now, and unfortunately our time here is already at an end. We have lots to fill you in on. Look forward to tales of Alex's embarassing new years eve display and Fern's continuing battle with the mosquitos (you may recall at last count she was definately winning...). The first clear indication that we had arrived in a new country came just after landing. Ok so obviously we new we were in a new ...