Jen and Euchs

Hi Everyone! Well tonight is our official last night in Asia before reaching our final destination which is Perth Western Australia. At this point I'm fairly exhausted from all the travel. After being on 12 flights in 10 weeks and not to mention the other 100s of miles we travelled overland I think it's all finally catching up with me. That said it has been such an amazing experience, with so many countless memories, pictures and funny stories. It is going to take me some time to process it all! It's hard to pick one thing or one place that was my ultimate favourite although I will say I will DEFINITELY be back to Vietnam as I loved it there. Kuala Lumpur and Singapore took some time to get used to as they are much more ... read more

Hi everyone. Just arrived in the city of Hong Kong. First impression is WOW! Never seen a skyline like it. The 4 hour plane journey from Singapore was great and landing in HK airport was pretty inpressive as it is on it's own island. After getting to the airport, we were able to get the train then a free shuttle bus to our hotel. Fantastic transport system! We are just back from a quick mosey down HKs version of time square. The place was buzzing, all the shops are still open eventhough it's quite late at night here. Anyway looking forward to the next few days. Some of the things on the to do list include a ferry trip around the bay, a day trip to Disneyland and a journey up to the highest viewpoint! Will ... read more

Well we've officially left Nam after nearly a month in the country. I was very sorry to leave but it has to be done. What a great way to end our stint here with a visit to Saigon (HCMC). I actually really like it even though some parts were manic for traffic but the overall buzz was great. The city in general was quite built up and had some very luxurious shopping centres particularly around district one. We spent the first two days getting our bearings. This included a trip to the cinema and a bit of shopping in a lovely shopping centre which had 13 floors! Day 3 we took a half-day trip to the famous Cu Chi tunnels about 50km outside of Saigon. This trip was another highlight for me. The Cu Chi tunnels ... read more

Hi to everyone! Greetings from the old imperial town of Hue on the coast of Vietnam. We have been in the country a week to the day now and we have already seen some of the most impressive sights that Nam has to offer. In my last blog we had just arrived in the buzzing city of Hanoi. Some of the highlights that we saw there were the Hao Lo Prison Museum- nicknamed ‘The Hanoi Hilton’ by US POWs who were detained there during the Vietnam War. The history behind the prison was both fasciniating as it was grim. Most of the exhibits focused on the Vietnamese struggle to gain independence from the French colonists who originally built the prison. One ominious exhibit in particular, was the French guillotine that was used to behead those who ... read more

Greetings All! Well after nearly 3 weeks of travel in Laos we have come to our last stop in the small city of Pakse that is situated near the Bolaven Plateau in Southern Laos. Since my last entry (in Luang Prabang), we certainly have covered a lot of ground. The next stop was Vang Vieng, which to many is regarding as the 'party' place in Laos as you can do the famous 'tubing' down the Mekong River. I decided not to do the tubing as we honestly heard some horror stories about it. A couple of us decided to take it easy instead so we took a trip to the 'blue lagoon' nearby. It was a short tuk tuk ride to a nice chill out place that had a fresh water pool suitable for swimming in, ... read more