So we eventually made it onto the second bus that was to take us to Hue. On we got, all of us sat on bags of rice (!) and amongst various members of the Vietnamese population. Initially I thought that I was lucky as I was sat next to a young woman who force-fed me what tasted like gherkins dipped in vinegar for the duration of the journey. However, whenever the bus stopped I came to realise that this act of kindess was actually so that I would look after her baby...

There seems to have been some sort of mix up with the last blog so this part is supposed to go before the previous one written from Kuala Lumpur. Very annoying so here we go again... We had a great final week in Australia which we spent in Cairns, mainly relaxing around the lagoon and catching up with people that we'd met up the East Coast. One day we went on a trip out to the Great Barrier Reef- we got a free introductory scuba dive included with our trip but i...