tues 6th: beth felt ill so had a late start, didnt help her that we then had a 2hr queue for the ferry to macau. catamaran thing. journey 1hr. free shuttle bus to the strands casino. walked around fishermans wharf. caught a free shuttle bus to emperor palace, walked into old macau and to main square with st pauls church and a hill fort. jumped on a bus and ended up having a tour of macau. was told to get off in the bus station. then the same bus and driver drove ...

Sun 4th April: checked out of hotel and caught bus to fortress hill. checked into harbour grand hotel. walked around the causeway bay area, times square. went to food street and then an irish bar> $140 for 2 pints (13.50gbp) mon: bus to aberdeen. walked around aberdeen. got a sampan tour around aberdeen bay. then caught a bus to stanley. stopped at repulse bay. then onto stanley plaza. walked around a lovely little market. had food on the promenade. bus back ...

april 11th sun; went to airport with beth. got back paid for room and caught mtr to central. got 123hk dollars back even tho was -15hkd and put on a 100hkd. bus came on time. issues with language happened immediately. at the border crossing it was just a case of pointing and following the rest of the chinese people on the bus and flashing my ticket. the woman checking my passport photo didnt think that the handsome man in front of her was the same guy in the pass...

Thurs 25th: got into hanoi at 7:30. spoke to these 3 people at bus stop and walked to a hotel with them. room wasnt ready till 10 and then had to share with a guy as the hotel then said a room wont be ready till 12. got really pissed off, 1st time on trip. daytime just strolled around hanoi, saw tortoise lake and botanic gardens - gardens were absolutely crap and i had to pay to see them. really s***, avoid!. in evening booked ticket to halong bay through hanoi b...

MON: caught bus to hue. got into hue at 12:30, found a hotel called the pheonix. for rest of day walked around the citadel. not much there, nice photos tho. got a cyclo back to hotel, was a bit more expensive than tuk tuk but got a couple of photos taken by the driver so didnt mind. in evening went to a quiet restaurant. went back early as bus picking me up at 6am. fell asleep at 9:30. TUES: up early to go on tour of the DMZ (demilitarized zone), was quite inter...