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October 18th 2007

Published: October 25th 2007

After all the long boat/bus rides etc I was so glad I caught a plane to Hanoi. It only took us 45 minutes instead of 16 hours! The bus ride from the airport to our hotel was so funny. Its unbeleivable how they drive here. Basically the general rules are little gives way to big or you die... Oh yeah and you have to honk your horn every couple of seconds! Because we arrived late and were tired we ki... Read Full Entry

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Jonny ODonnell

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I'm 26 and currently working in Leeds as a systems analyst. Having spent 2 years working I'm ready for a break from it all and decided to see some of the world! I'm leaving for Las Vegas on 5th April and returning on the 13th Dec, providing Vegas doesn't destroy me! As for a route I'm doing the following: UK>Las Vegas-San Francisco-LA>COOK ISLANDS>FIJI>N.ZEALAND>AUSTRALIA>SINGAPORE-Malaysia-thailand-Vietnam-Cambodia-Laos>Shanghai>UK I'll be making posts and updating pictures along the way so feel free to check them out and post comments! No abuse please :o)... full info

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Scenic view

Tribe lady

They would follow you on the trek and then dmand you buy some crap off them at the end. Got really annoying after a while but I suppose it was only pennies.

Not sure what this was ;o)

Tribes woman

First stop on the trek

Water Buffalo

Home stay

There was only me and 4 ozys staying at the guides home which was cool

Kids riding their buffalo

Preparing dinner

Me and the guide cooking

Feast!

Considering the 'Kitchen' they have to cook in the food is absolutly amazing!!

The team in the living room

Drinking green tea and looking rather camp in the process

Top of water fall

me at water fall

Hanoi

We gotoff the night train at 4.30am and the travel agent didn't open until 8am so we had to wait about on the streets. Was quite interesting watching everyone setting up their street stalls etc

Perfume Pergoda trip

This was the last tripwe done. You have to catch a boat down this river which takes an hour

Me trying to get my tan back !

Some dude fishing on the river

Steps to the Pergoda

Another temple!

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