Hi everyone due to popular demand (thanks fendal) we thought we would write something about vietnam (we've been here 9 days!). Last you heard we were just going to vientienne. We took a bus in the morning, 4hrs from vang vien, and had the afternoon to sight see. We saw the arc de triomf (Patu yay) and Phu That Luang, the world precious sacred stupa and national symbol of laos! For dinner we went to a charity restaurant with a jamie oliver-style set up where they...

Hello Its been a while since we last updated but we will try and keep it brief. We got back to Bangkok and checked in to the hotel for the first night of our package tour. Dave met his roommate sean and we walked to the bangkok grand place which was really impressive and much more intricately decorated than the palace in beijing. We met our tour guide, also called dave, and the rest of the group. nearly everyone is a teacher but all mixed ages which has made for...

Ok people, Sorry there has not been an update in a while but things are about to get exciting because its mine and keris turn to write! We picked up the adventure in Bangkok were L&D were waiting for us at the airport with banners I thought it was cool Keri thought it was a touch emabarrising given hers has 'Lil bushy' written on it. I had a small issue in customs where they rejected me on account of my 'hansom' face AKA wrong documents lol. First day in ...

Hi everyone my turn to write the blog (leo). Just after the last message we went to Houhai lake for a romantic candle-lit dinner together at sunset (don't worry keri) and watched chinese people crash into each other in their boats. We went back to the hostel and had some tsing tao again with edd. The next morning we eventually made it to the summer palace. It was a 1.5 hr hike in 35 degrees but we got to see a lot of beijing outside the centre and touristy are...

Hello everyone, this is blog 1!!! We are currently about 1/2 way through our stay in Beijing and its going great so far. Flight was pretty good, although once reaching China our temperatures were checked three times, we were fine though. We still havent adjusted to the time difference yet (+7 hours) but have managed to do a fair bit. One of the hardest things we have found is that no-one speaks English, luckily though Leos uni mate Edd is living in Beijing at ...