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So we assumed our best pirate accents, set sail into the depths of Halong Bay and watched in awe as thousands of lone islands loomed out of the mist... Then we had a lovely dinner and sang Karaoke into the night.... Also the Suprising/Amazing cave (I'm not kidding that is the official name) was indeed suprising/amazing. And our journey south begins!... read more

So...we catch a 12 hour nightbus from Bangkok to Chiang Mai to a hostel called.. NicePlace2 and they weren't kidding..it was pretty nice! Anyway we book a 3 day jungle trek into the national park and find ourselves in a fantastic group of 7 being tuk tuk'd to a remote viliage where nobody speaks english and they fed us and sent us on a little trek to an even smaller villiage where we met our english speaking guide, David Beckham and his buddies, Java, Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt. We Spent the afternoon there playing poker, walking around talking pictures of the locals and helping them make rice then our famous friends make us dinner and treated us to a dance performance by the locals. And we all slept in one hut on the ground .. ... read more

We are currently enjoying the sunny lakeside town of Pokhara, Nepal! The people are lovely, the scenery is breathtaking and the Momo is to die for. Celia got chased by a Bull and Mike stepped in cow poo. He is also extrememly sunburnt. Last night we hiked up a mountain and spent the night, managing to catch sunset AND sunrise. A nice family invited us to their house for tea. There were 12 people in their family, living in a tiny tin shack. Off to a safari tomorrow in Chitawan National Park, Watch this space...... read more

Thing we learnt about Indian highways; 1. Tractors, camels, cows, dogs, donkeys and pedestrians welcome. 2. Lanes are only for decoration. 3. Honk to pass. 4. Honk to change lanes. 5. Honk to turn. Taj Mahal was fun though. Train was not.... read more