$12 bus ride! I think i could put up with anything for $12. We were ready at our hotel by 5pm, got picked up a lil late, and taken out of the town to the Hanoi, or one of the Hanoi bus depots. well, kind of. We were dropped off on the side of the road, next to a bar. and a tree. Rude NOT to have a beer while we waited, so, we had a beer. It was while drinking the beer, that we spotted the bus depot was actually about 200m down the road. "why don't we go down [View Full Entry]

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Hanoi We were in a bit of a rush when we were leaving Hue, and it didn't calm down for a few days... We arrived in Hanoi, Vietnam's capital early on the morning of the 28th May. Although it was myself, Steve and Steve, we had arranged to meet the other Steve's, Steve and also Steve in an alleyway in Hanoi, from where we would buy tickets to do a cruise in Halong Bay. What a rip off!!!! Transport to and from the harbour (3 hours drive), cruise with kayaking, accomodation and food, then one day on Cat Ba Island with [View Full Entry]

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A 9 hour bus ride took us from the coast of Cambodia, upto Phnom Penh, then across the troublesome Vietnamese border into Vietnam and along to Ho Chi Minh City, or Saigon as it's affectionatley still known. Spent about a month in Vietnam, so will break the country up into 2 parts, (just like the yanks did LOL), starting with Mekong Delta, upto the Demiltarised Zone at Hue. Finding our feet in Saigon In any guide book you read, even my 4 year old one (idiot), they all talk about the traffic in Saigon, and more importantly, the amount of motorbikes! [View Full Entry]

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Finally taking a break from my jet-set lifestyle to sit down and start catching up on the blog! Very Overdue, so with almost 2 months of Blogging to do, i will break it down into Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos... first up, Cambodia! ( a little pre-cam info; i left Cape Town, (FINALLY) on the 22nd April, flying with a very nice Singapore Airlines (where they give you Singapore Slings on request!!!!!) to Singapore, landed 6:30ish am, with a lay over of about 4 hours till i caught a flight upto Bangkok. luckily, Singapore Airport is prety impressive, with free internet, cinema [View Full Entry]

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Just a short entry for once... Gina and I started our long day off flying early (well early for me with no job...), from Cape Town to Jo'burg, Jo'burg to Nairobi, and finally Nairobi to Entebbe in Uganda, arriving at our hotel at approx midnight. pick up the next day was at 9, for what would turn out to be a 10 hour drive to Bwindi Inpenetrable forest. Our guide is Xavier, (he turns out to be THE WORST guide ever, and the most dangerous driver). anyway, he takes us an hour or so up the road to the Equator. here [View Full Entry]

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sooooo, this is gonna be a long time sat in this seat i reckon. the English may get a bit iffy towards the end too! (and prob the middle!). My last entry ended with the arrival at Cape Town for New Year. allow me to summarise events... stayed in a place called Muizenburg with ze 2 Germans girls again (same as Christmas). went out to a club called La Med, met some people, got a lil tipsy, watched sunset on Camps Bay beach with a bottle of Bubbly, went to a bar in Kalk Bay called Polana's, slept. The Next couple [View Full Entry]

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Knysna... i believe thats where i left things last time. a typically touristy place, with t-shirts and mugs ablazoned with the "I (heart) Knysna" slogan. this fact alone means that the place is pretty average again, and not really what we're looking for. do a trip to the Knysna Heads, which is nice enough, small party in the eve and then ready the next day to get the bus down to Mossel Bay. not sure if i mentioned in the previous blog, but Kristen has caught up with me (in Plett), so we are now following a pretty similar route again [View Full Entry]

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hey!!!!! so, i finally make it to a computer hat has a half decent connecion speed! but the T doesn't work, so bare with me! and now that i've FINALLY uploaded some pics, (on here and facebook, don' ask) it seems i am hungry and i must make this brief so i can eat! travelling makes you v hungry by the way! So.... whas happened! i arrived in Jozi on a sunny sunday morning, at 6:30 in the am. quick call to Guy, a call to the taxi driver and i was on my way back to his (via every back [View Full Entry]

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