Mark: Hello! Well, as we leave yet another country, time for another blog methinks! You were left by Louise in Hanoi, about to head back to Bangkok, which we managed without too much incident, spending our final dong on a feast at the ice cream parlour, which pleased Louise greatly! The contrast arriving back in Thailand was enormous, as we were hit by the intense heat immediately. We were wearing our heavy clothes to keep weight down for the flight, so that only served to make it worse. It's amazing what 2 weeks in the cold north can do to even hardened country boys like myself! We'd explored Bangkok last time, so we had no need to see the sights, though I am sure Louise would consider our trip to the market a sightseeing excursion! We ... read more

Mark: It was great to be back in the big crazy city, and it felt like a bit of a homecoming, especially when I saw my beloved Gon Cafe was still in operation...many an Aussie Burger was had! Amazingly, we spent 2 weeks in and around Saigon, and did,well, not much to be honest! It was really nice to be somewhere where it didn't feel like we were travelling though, and showing everyone round was great fun. We hit the tourist trail; Reunification Palace, War Remnants Museum, the Cao Dai Temple and the Cu Chi Tunnels were all 'done' in swift succesion, leaving plenty of time for the important stuff: fun! For starters I got the fantastic news that one of my best friends from school, Natt, was now living in Saigon, so we met up ... read more

Lou: Hello! Figured a blog was overdue as we've been to 4 more countries since the last entry! Last time we were just about to fly to Bangkok... Well we made it in one piece, our flight was pretty awesome - there was a ridiculous selection of movies, TV, games and even web chat! We went on at about 2 in the morning to see if anyone was awake and I pretended to be a russian called Boris... Anyway, it took us a while to adjust to Thailand after Africa - there were sooo many travellers, it was freezing at night and they don't give you enough food! We had to go out for midnight snacks the first few nights. We went to Wat Phra Kaew and the Grand Palace where someone asked to have their ... read more

Mark: Time for another blog I think! when I left you last I believe we were just embarking towards Botswana?! Well this is supposed to be one of the most tricky laborious border crossings in Southern Africa; well, in fact, it was the easiest we've done! Basically the border is crossed by ferry, which takes all the walking you normally do on a border crossing out of the equation! The only problem was that, finally, with us on the ferry, the African rains, which to be fair were a week overdue, decided to arrive. And oh did they arrive! Like a wet weekend in Bridlington! It was bucketing it down, and we obv had just shorts and t-shirt on! Never mind! We got to the camp in Kasane, a town in Chobe National Park, before dark, ... read more

Lou: Hello! So our last update we were about to head to Iringa, which was a lovely little town. We climbed up the Gangilonga Rocks and had fab views over the valley, went to Neema Crafts Centre where they employ disabled and disadvantaged people and make all kinds of crafts, scarves, jewellery, paper out of elephant dung - we had a tour and got to see some of the fresh dung, mmm. That was fascinating to see. And we also managed to have our first ice cream of the trip! The place we were staying had just been revamped as well, we even had a tv in our room and Mark was very pleased as he got to watch Man U! After a few days in Iringa we headed south towards the border, had to stop ... read more