Ok firstly, ignore the photo for this journal entry, this is actually somewhere in Nepal. What can I say the STA photo library does not really cover anyway in Laos. Anyway, before I begin with the interesting stuff I just wanted to say how pants my new year was. As you may recall from my previous journal Vientiane has a very chilled out vibe, well despite it being new year and all, this did not really change! There was one bar which was quite lively but it was c...

Ok before I begin I would just like to wish anyone reading this a happy new year. I am now in Vientiane which is the capital city of Laos. After spending a week over Christmas in Hanoi I was keen to move on. Although Hanoi was without doubt a beautiful city it was also quite manic. Chrismas Day actually was not to bad in the end, I opted for a pizza overlooking the lake which was nice. I then wondered around the city getting totally lost, to the extent that I a...

Hi Guys, Firstly before I begin I would just like to wish everyone a very merry Christmas, whatever you are up to and wherever you are! I am now in Hanoi, having just finished my 4 week tour through Cambodia and Vietnam. I now have the some-what tricky task of summing up the last few weeks, which may be a bit tricky, so bear with me! We started off our tour of Vietnam in Ho Chi Min City, which is a crazy city full of millions and milllions of motorbikes! My f...

Hi Guys, This is the first official journal for my site, so you will have to bear with me! I am now in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, and I have just finished my Cambodia leg of the tour that I am doing. Bearing in mind that I wrote an essay for my last email to you all which was only 3 days, this might be a challenge to fit everything in, but here goes! After my temple climbing incident in Siem Reap, we left to go to Kompang Chan, which was a poor town right i...