I was in Vietnam on the 24th of Feb - just catching up on all the blogs I have not completed... Sorry ;) Was starting to get really bored of bus rides and was off to Halong Bay which I had heard only good things about. Got on the boat and had a three course lunch and then went canoing with Mathieu. Splashed a russian on our trip who was not happy but we both had a good laugh about it!!! Then when we got back jumped in off the top of the boat and had a few drinks...

The next day got up late which was expected and read my book and chilled was nice though, had an early dinner at Lao Lao Garden which had a bonfire in the garden and went to bed early. Got up this morning to go and see the feeding of the monks, was an amazing feeling when you saw the sea of orange... After this we had a flight to the Capital of Laos Vientenne. It was an hour flight then we were ther, it was very hot and a couple of u went straight to another hot...

LAOS...... we floated down the river the first day, and chilled out on a longboat. We had a tourguide and he was called Sabat, he earlier on in life had actually been a monk. Me and a couple others on the trip were really intrested in this and found out that he had been one for 17years. That means no - drugs - WOMEN! - Alcohol - i certainly could not have done this. He was a...

On Wednesday the 13th I started my Interpid tour of - THE GREAT INDOCHINA LOOP. We stayed in Bangkok for a day and saw the Reclining Buddha which was amazing and then the Grand Palace - so was all templed out by the end of the day. We then went on an overnight train to Chang Mai and this was alot more comfortbable than we thought it was going to be. It did take 12hours though which is a long time. By the time we got there it was early morning and there were sever...

On Wednesday the 13th I started my Interpid tour of - THE GREAT INDOCHINA LOOP. We stayed in Bangkok for a day and saw the Reclining Buddha which was amazing and then the Grand Palace - so was all templed out by the end of the day. We then went on an overnight train to Chang Mai and this was alot more comfortbable than we thought it was going to be. It did take 12hours though which is a long time. By the time we got there it was early morning and there were sever...