On Sunday I went for a wonder around the city with Teresa and Calum. The other boys were hungover from going out the night before. Hanoi is insane!! There are so many motorbikes and scooters that you have to weave in and out of the traffic just to cross the road! We have got to grips with it now though I think. Haha! ... Monday we went on a two day, one night trip to Ha Long Bay. They are trying to make it one of the wonders of the world. It was nice, don't get m...

Wow, what a horrendous journey! ... I left Laos at 1pm on a really hot, sweaty and cramped mini bus. This was only for a few hours until we got to vietienne, the capital. Then I got on a sleeper bus to Hanoi, which is 27 hours. Worst 27 hours of my life! ... I had to sleep on the back row next to a monk and a couple of french people. Everyone else was Asian and didn't speak a word of English. The border was a joke; it was pissing it down with rain and we had to g...

I was sitting in the hostel in chiang mai talking to alex on Facebook, one of the guys who left to go to Laos with all the others, I felt really lost and alone without them all. This was at 5.30pm; there was a bus to laos at 6pm. I decided spontaneously to book it and meet up with them all. The reason I didn't go with them in the first place was because I was meant to be going to laos with Harriet but she was talking to me in the afternoon saying how she didnt ha...

I feel a bit lonely today now everyone has gone to Laos. There are still people here that I have been out with but its not the same. Yesterday, after I sulked for a bit, a group of us headed to the lake to chill out and have some food for a few hours. I was so tired from the night before so I had a little nap. Then I woke up and we played some games; that is a popular thing to do when ur travelling, playing games. It is a good way to interact with people and make...

Yesterday was a hardcore day! ... After having about 4 hours sleep (Brad was snoring and Chris was sleep talking), we had to be up at 7am to have a shower and start our day off exploring real Chiang Mai. The bus picked us up at 8.30am; first stop was a butterfly park and orchid garden, which wasn't anything special but my mum's favourite flowers are orchids so I took a few pictures for her. After about half an hour we arrived at the place where we were going to r...