So this blog completes the 2nd half of Vietnam... In total we were 3 and a half weeks in Vietnam which we've all agreed was a really good amount of time to cover everthing. I'll list the places that we covered during the second half of the country (southern part) Hoi An This was where my last blog entry was from. It was very pretty but in a quite contrived way. The local tourism board goes to great lengths to keep everything looking like it would have 150 year...

Turns out I am bad at blogging. I've just been so busy! Have been in Vietnam for the last 2 weeks and am absolutely loving it! Prepare for a breakdown of the last 2 weeks.... In the capital Hanoi we did lots of siteseeing- we went to see Ho Chi minh's body (former vietmanese president, introduced communism here, and opposed the Americans), which is preserved in this massive mausoleum. It's very strict they take all your belongings off you and you have to be sile...

Greetings from Thailand. I'm writing from hectic Bangkok. We've have already experience battling with the dodgy taxi driver 'tuktuk' mafia, and some dirt cheap BASIC rooms (about 2 pound a night-not very pretty but have done the job. Being as we had to wait a 4/5 days until Scott gets here er decided to make a trip to a nearby island, Ko Samet. Getting there involved taxi to the correct station, public bus, boat and a walk through the island to the accomodation...