We arrived in Bangkok on the famous Khao SAn road in the early hours of the morning to a startling wake up when a guy ran on our bus screaming everyone off now. At first i thought we were being hijacked then i realised that we were finally there. I was the first to react and therefore first off the bus, as i stepped off i got swarmed by TukTuk drivers all trying to start conversations and rip us off. After a 2 minute walk we came to our hotel (Viengtai Hotel), th...

We finally arrived in Vientianne, the capital of Laos to scorching heat. The short walk from the TukTuk to our hostel took less than 5 minutes but the midday sun combined with our heavy clinging bags made it fell like hours. In Vientianne there wasn't a great deal to do, and practically no night life at all, still we had a nice time relaxing in the shade of the water front cafe sipping on 20p fruit shakes. In the evening we decided to go to the local food arket w...

Not much to say about Hanoi. It was pretty hot at about 28 degrees C and we only stayed there for 2 days. We stayed in the Old Quarter which was just a maze of little streets. Everybody used motorbikes instead of cars and the roads were extremely chaotic. We found the best way to cross the road was to just walk out infront of the busy traffic and let them do the work avoiding you. I have a video that i will put up of us crossing, but its probably best our mums di...

When we got into Hong Kong we immediately felt at home with English signs and cars driving on the left. It seemed like they actually paid attention to road laws here as well. On the first day we started off shopping for electrical goods as they were a lot cheaper than everywhere else. Unfortunately this is the only thing cheaper and the food etc is similar to back home. After deciding I couldn't fit a plasma tv in my rucksack we caught the trams over to the cent...

After an uncomfortable trip on a a small and severely overcrowded bus, and with a terrible cold that made my nose like a river, we arrived at Longji Rice Terraces. The rooms were basic but nice, the only problem was it went darkearly and the evenings got very boring with only a pack of cards and chinese tv. A local guide took us on a hike the next day and we were told they were extremely fit and could easily climb the steep rice terraces. It turned out that she ...