We arrived in Hue after another 14hr sleeper bus journey from Hanoi, we're still not getting used to them! After checking in and having a spot of lunch we set off to have a look around the Citadel. It was a really hot day and made walking there hard work so by missing the main entrance we ended up walking around the full wall of the site before even getting inside which we could have done without. The next disappointment came when we realised that it wasn't even that ancient of a Citadel and was only completed in 1830 and most of it had been destroyed during wars and had been rebuilt as late as 1997. The next day we caught the bus on to our next destination after exhausting the tourist attractions of Hue in ... read more

Arriving in Vang Vieng was a relief after a journey that took us through the mountains of Laos, with the odd obstruction ranging from children to buffalo to goats and pigs, often chilling in the middle of the road. After finding some where to stay we soon found some where to eat over looking the river. The next day was tubing day, we had a leisurely morning drinking pineapple shakes (our new fave drink) and then collected our tubes. Tubing involved taking a tuk tuk to a point 3 km up the river from town and then getting into the river with your rubber ring (tube) then floating back to town, whilst having many opportunities to stop of at one of the many bars/huts that lined the river. As soon as we had been dropped of ... read more

After spending two nights in Sukhothai looking around the ancient ruins, we then travelled up north to chiang mai. The following day we set of on our three day trekk into the jungle, the first stop however was to ride on some more elephants, which was scarier then last time as it was really muddy and we had to go up a steep hill on the elephant, so we wobbling about all over the place, but good fun. In the afternoon we started walking to the village we were staying at that night. The walking started of very steep and very hard, which was a bit of a shock to the system, but we got to see some great scenery. The village we stayed at was really basic but this was to be expected, after the ... read more

Hello everyone :) We made it safely to bangkok, found the guest house late last night, which turns out to be more like a cell than a guest house as we have no windows!!! and lots of writing on the walls... After checking in we took our first walk down khaosan Road, was very busy and full of street sellers. we bought 2 pad thais with egg and chicken and three spring rolls for 105 baht (just over two pounds) then we went back to the cell for a shower and bed. Today (thurs) we went to find breakfast and instead ended up at a travel agents booking the next 2 weeks of travel tours up to northern thailand and into laos. Our first tuk tuk ride took us to the standing gold buddha and the ... read more