Merry Christmas everyone! I'm writing this from a place called Orange which is a few hours from Sydney. Australia has been fantastic so far. We arrived in Melbourne and had a few days sightseeing and I spent my birthday night with some people we met at the hostel, following a comedy night. Was so amazed as I was asked for ID to get into a pub on my birthday - 31 years of age!! Pretty chuffed about that one... Anyway, I decided to go on a day trip to Phillip...

Hello all, Just at Ho Chi Minh City Airport waiting for our flight to Sydney via Singapore. Had a good time in Vietnam but its definitely time to move on - you can only take so much of the constant offers of motorbike rides, cyclos, postcards etc etc! Still we survived and looking forward to our next stage of the journey. Also looking forward to some sun as its rained the past couple of days :0( Well will update you all soon, thanks for all your messages - its h...

Hi Everyone, Just wanted to say have survived the Typhoon and now happily settled in our hotel in Ho Chi minh City in Vietnam. We've got a cyclo tour tomorrow with our Intrepid group so that should be fun, zipping through the mad traffic on one of these little cycle taxis! Alls going well and no more mozzie bites. Yay!! Right better go, got some partying to do tonight. All for now, J x

Hi again, Just been watching the news and wanted to reassure everyone we are ok, and not in the path of the Typhoon yet - we are meant to be heading down the Mekong tomorrow but our tour leader may change our itinerary if needed. Just our luck! Will be in touch soon, are you all set for Christmas?! I've only seen one Christmas tree at our hotel and a wee banner on the plane. Enjoy all your festivities - I'm losing track of my days here and am hoping I ...

Hello all! I'm so sorry for not updating the journal sooner, its been a bit hectic and access to Internet is a bit sporadic! Anyway I'm having a fantastic time and will try to tell you a bit more about our travels so I don't bore you too much! We first spent a few days in Ko Samui, soaking up the sun and we were very lucky to miss the rain as the rainy season just finished. Got sunburnt on the first day (as always happens) and decided to do a day ...