http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/GrapeJuice/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from GrapeJuice en-us Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:41:27 +0000 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:41:27 +0000 The bus system in Vietnam is awful I don't think I can say that enough. But it's cheap So we suck it up. It only cost us like 25 to get all our bus rides from the North to the South of Vietnam. However they were long rides where you are shoved to the back and packed in with the foreigners so the locals can have their own double seats at half price. The drivers are insane And the roads no http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/South-Central-Coast/Nha-Trang/blog-305798.html Vietnam So we arrived in Hanoi 2 weeks ago. We were told that the local people in Northern Vietnam especially were not very nice but so far everything has been really good with a couple of exceptions. In Hanoi we took a taxi to the waterpark instead of using his meter which he could take us on a more scenic route to up the charge we agreed on a set price of 60000 dong approx 3.70 CND. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Red-River-Delta/Hanoi/blog-295954.html I left off last time in Chaing Mai we only got to spend a few days there but I loved it While we were there we went looking for a three day trekking trip however the one night ones seemed more popular so we went with that. Thank God we did because we almost didn't make it through two days of hiking through the jungle It was quite the adventure we packed 15 adults into a small toyota picku http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Laos/blog-290832.html Wow Sorry I have not been keeping up with my blogging very well That just means that there is lots and lots to tell....So I finished off the last one in Ko PhaNgan. We spent a couple more days there but we moved to the beach of Haad Rin where the full moon party takes place being that it was over there was actually some accomodation there It was soooo much better than Laem Son haha there http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Ko-Samui/blog-284598.html Hello Fans or should I say grandma haha I think you are my only reader. Well lots has happened since Bangkok. We went took an overnight bus to an island called Ko Tao it's very small. The bus was interestin I tried to sleep the whole time because everytime I was awake I was a little nervous about the drive it was pretty rough. In Ko Tao we took our dive course from Crystal Dive Resort i http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Ko-Pha-Ngan/blog-278849.html So we've made it We arrived in Bangkok last night around midnight. We were in airports and on planes for about 30 hours and lost 12 on the way here so about a 2 day process In other words it was the shortest day of my life only 12 hours but it definatley felt like the longest. I am happy to say that all our flights and what not were on time and customs was smooth sailing So far we have http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Bangkok/blog-276309.html