Xin chow, I arrived in Hue 8am yesterday although I was not entirely sure we would, the train had me awake all night jolting and making some rather loud noises! We checked into our hotel and I started the day with a nap, I was tired! We then all met for lunch and Wung took us to a very popular little restraunt with intrepid groups. The walls were covered in writing where people had signed them, naturally I signed for ginship.com! The owner could not speak a w...

Just to add on from the last blog and the trek that all most finished me, Hung did say we were the quickest group to complete the road route! It was worth it..... Any who after another night train which I slept like a baby on from 8.30pm onwards apart from waking up a few times as it felt and sounded like we were about to come of the tracks! To my relief we did not! We arrived in a raining Hanoi at 5am (my favourite time to wake up) a short taxi ride that Feng l...

If you wish to hear about ME falling flat on my face please read on........ Ok one final cockroach incident in China and we left on a bus for the boarder cossing into Vietnam, the bus was slightly better this time although full of cellary-very strange!!! Crossed the boarder into Vietnam very exciting pounced on straight away by men offering there taxi services on a moped or offereing to change my China currency into dong! Using my sixth sense I gathered this wa...

Livid as had almost completed newest blog I managed to delete it! No undo either as it all comes up in Chinese! Here we go again..... As I beleive all good back packers should come across a cockroach or 2 across there travels, although I think 4 in 24 hours is a little much! Being greeted with one guarding the door in Kunming before check out I got a glass and caught that little buggar! A 3 hour bus ride to Juanshui on a small, smelly bus the air con came o...

After a very random breakfast of egg on toast, dumplings and watermelon we met Feng our tour guide we headed for the public bus! At a cost of 10p we boarded and all I can describe it as is bake bean can with a few plastic chairs in we made our way to Yunnan nationalites park! This was pricey at £7 entry fee but well worth the money it was beautiful! Full of ethnic minority groups we headed around there camps! We saw some great dances and even a man climbing a l...