Vietnam August 25th 2010 4th August - 18th August 2010
We had been on the coach for about 15 minutes when the driver’s assistant delivered the news. Our visas were valid from the 5th August and it was only the 4th. We might not be allowed in the country and we might be left behind somewhere on the border! It was about 3 hours to the border, 3 hours of torment - how could we be so silly? We had applied for the visas as ... read more
Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Hanoi The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more
Welcome to our blog. We hope you will stop by every now and again to see how we are getting on. We will update you with photos and videos which will hopefully make this an interesting page. Whilst we have no definite route planned, we have a good idea of where we will be going and in what order and it looks something like this:-
Thailand - Laos - Cambodia - Vietnam - Malaysia - Thailand (again) - Malaysia (again) - Singapore - Hong Kong - Macau - China - Australia - New Zealand - Cook Islands - USA - Canada - USA (again) - London
We are not planning to use our mobiles too much so will ke... full info