It has been a while since I updated the blog but here is a brief entry about our adventure in China! After spending a couple days in Sapa we headed over to Lao Cai and then to the boarder crossing. The lady from our hotel in Sapa had arranged to have her friend help us through the boarder she followed us from one side to the other all the way until we were in the bus to Kunming. Crossing the boarder was easy had to fill out papers they checked out temperatures and rummaged through our bags, got a bit worried when they found my microphone and started asking questions about our jobs but it was all ok and they didn’t take our lonely planet away so that was good! Once on the other side we ... read more

On Sunday the 21st we set off bright and early to do the long ride through the mountains from Da Lat to Nha Trang. Early in the morning and up in the mountains the air was fresh and it felt like perfect weather to cycle. The van took us to where we would start cycling and off we started, during the first uphill I was already feeling the strain! But Steve kept pushing me to keep going and I did and it wasn't so bad in the end, the uphills were going up and down up and down, on one of the downhills there was some sand on which I slid and nearly did a bad fall but I managed to save it just in time ( not too sure how!!) After about an hour we ... read more

Hi! So we are now in Da lat which is great so far we arrived yesterday after a 8 hour bus ride along the winding roads up the mountains! We are staying in a lovely hotel called Dreams although our room is on the top floor and we have to climb up all the stairs every time we are on the same floor as the Jacuzzi!!!! Its outdoors with a view of Da lat which is quite nice in the cold weather! It's not that cold here more like light jumper weather which is a lovely refreshing change! As soon as you walk into the streets though the Easy Riders come and try to make you book a tour with them, the easy riders are guys on motorbikes that take you around for either day trips ... read more

Its 7 am and we are waiting for our bus which will take us to the capital of Cambodia, Phom Penh! Two days ago we went to see the Temples of Angkor, we woke up at 4 am and a tuk tuk came to pick us up at 5 am. We arrived at Angkor Wat around 5:15 Am in time for the sunrise. The sunrise for pictures was not too impressive but seeing the day start and seeing Angkor Wat becoming clearer was definitely impressive! After sunrise we went inside the temple and started walking around the endless corridors, it’s huge! And the pillars and walls are pretty much covered in carvings, the amount of detail and work! After Angkor Wat we went to Angkor Thom, inside Angkor Thom we went to Bayon which was one ... read more

Hey! Well we survived the storm! To answer an older question the spider from yesterdays blog was just a little bigger than the palm of my hand and yes it is quite nasty! This morning saw a little iguana with a bright blue head! Really cool and pretty! Anyways right now we are supposed to be in Kanchanaburi but the plan didn't really work out. We took a bus today at 10:45 am to Nakhonsawan and from there we were supposed to take a bus to Kanchanaburi, all good the bus to Nakhonsawan was great comfortable and everything =) the journey took about three hours. We got to Nakhonsawan and straight away started getting harassed by touts " where are you going??" we escaped from them and went to a little office thing and asked about ... read more