Dalat "Secret" Easy Riders Tour We did not get off to a good start as we were told to be in the lobby at 7.30am, so we got up at 7am to the phone ringing and it was Rot (our very camp guide) asking where we were. Literally five minutes later we were on the back of a motorbike, stomach rumbling, wind in our hair and beeps and hoots in our ears (not what we needed). Our first stop was the cricket farmand with it breakfast, yes, we both ate a cricket (eu...

We arrived to the hectic city of Hanoi at 7pm after thrity hours of travelling and we were not in the mood for horn honking motorbike madness. We spent the next few days wandering the city searching for a tour to take us to Ha Long Bay (one which we could all agree upon) whilst trying to get rid of the Conjunctivitis we were now all suffering from thanks to Lee Graham and the tubing antics in Laos. We finally decided on a deluxe cruise which we were told would b...

Our time spent in Luang Prabang isn't really anything exciting but we really enjoyed the towns peaceful and spiritual atmosphere. We spent our first day doing our very own walking tour of the town, we past many beautiful temples and ended up walking along the riverside. Around each corner we encountered the differing contrasts of daily life, from tuk tuk drivers offering you a cheap trip and boat owners trying to drum up some business to monks of all ages stroll...

After crossing the border from Thailand to Laos at Chiang Khong (which was literally just crossing a river) we decided to brave the two day slow boat to the peaceful city of Luang Prabang from Huay Xai down the Makong Delta. We heard rumours that the boats were over crowded, sat on wooden benches and of course very very slow. When we arrived at boat 020 at around 9.30am we were pleasantly surprised, not a very big boat and lined with wooden benches but no where ...

Mahout Elephant Training We started the day at 8.30am and set of in the back of a tuk tuk for the hours journey to the Elephant camp. Don't let the word camp make you think that these elephants are in any way mistreated, yes, it would be better to see them in the wild but the reality is many of these elephants have been rescued from poachers or the cities in Burma. From the moment we arrived we didn't see one chain or one wrongful action towards any of the elep...