I know we'd both said we weren't going to go to Thailand but in the end we had a change of heart and decided to fly over to Bangkok and spend a few days with Cat and Brad; some of Scotts friends from home. We arrived and the first thing they did was take us out for food, I let Cat do all the ordering and it was delicious! I could already tell that I was going to prefer the food here miles more than in Vietnam. That evening they took us into town for more amazing...

On Boxing Day we booked to go away for a couple of nights to visit Halong Bay. There was the option of a big party tour but Christmas had taken it out of me and I was starting to feel ill, so we decided on a bit of rest and relaxation and went for the none party tour. Unfortunately it turned out every other person on the tour was French (I've nothing against French people it just made it quite difficult for us to join in with them). When booking the trip there w...

To get to Hanoi there was an option of a 24hr bus tide, 12hr train ride or a 1hr flight for only £5's extra. So luckily this journey was pure luxury compared to what we've become used too and to top things off we were given the seats with extra leg room! Arriving in Hanoi the first thing we realised was it was cold, people at home will probably think we're silly for moaning that it was 15 degrees but when you've become used to 30 plus it feels cold. There was a...

Another 5am get up to catch the train; luckily we had soft sleepers so we were able to get on and get straight back into bed. After a sleep we had a wonder down to the food carriage however there was nothing that looked even slightly edible, so pot noddles for breakfast it was. The food carriage was full of rowdy Vietnamese men that had been up drinking all night, it felt quite similar to being on a train back home. It turns out Asian trains are the slowest thing...

Another night bus further on and we arrived in Nha Trang, this is basically the Blackpool of Vietnam. A seaside party town, over run with Russians and cheap drinks (not that I think there are a lot of Russians in Blakcpool). This is the first place I was meeting the lovely Julia Brock as she was coming to join for a holiday from her new home in Hong Kong. We arrived a couple of days before Julia so we could fit some diving in, and i'm definitely glad we did. W...