If you hadn’t noticed you can now click on the pictures link on my homepage to see all (well most of) my pictures so far. There are quite a lot, partly as I have had difficulties uploading them but hopefully I will be able to do so more regularly from now on…..enjoy and try not […]
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Animals Particularly in the South there are no cats anywhere. In several parts of the country there are puppies and kittens in abundance but few adult dogs and cats. There are almost no horses in the country. I saw two on the beach (pony rides) at Sam Sun and have seen about 3 asses pulling […]
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Do: Do as the locals do. For example eating at the places that the locals frequent, crossing the street between the traffic rather than waiting for a space. Don’t: Take the above too literally. Coughing and sneezing without covering your mouth and nose respectively is minging in any country I’m sorry. As is putting your […]
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On Sunday I got up and checked out (much to my disappointment). I had planned to get money sorted out prior to leaving the capital but after nearly having had my card eaten twice I failed miserably so gave up and hoped that I would be able to get money out further North. I took […]
Read the rest of Sunday 20th April and Monday 21st April Vang Viang
Even when we crossed the border there was a different feel to Laos than there was to Vietnam. The temperature was different with the heat feeling very dry rather than humid. I have actually managed to come here at the hottest time of year with my guidebook stating that average maximum daily temperature in Vientiane, […]
Read the rest of Friday 18th April to Saturday 19th April – Loas WOW!
On the Thursday I went for a lovely Indian with Vaughan and Olly at Foodstore 45 or was that Foodshop 45? My details are great aren’t they. Anyway it was a lovely Indian place by the lake in Hanoi. In the evening I went to catch my bus to Vientiane, the capital of Laos. I […]
Read the rest of Thursday 17th April to Friday 18th April Hanoi to Vientiane (leaving Vietnam!).
Having not made Halong Bay the previous day I re-booked a tour and also collected my passport which had an extremely pretty Laos visa in it! The following day I arrived at the hotel at the crack of dawn where I was to be collected for the journey to Halong Bay. I must say, although […]
Read the rest of Sunday 13th April – Wednesday 16th April
There’s not a huge amount to say about Tuesday really – just that I spent another day enjoying the old qaurter of Hanoi, eating and pottering. In the evening I went to Mau’s bar with Olly and met up with Alex and a few other people from his hostel prior to his returning home to Germany. […]
Read the rest of Tuesday 8th April to Saturday 12 April, Hanoi and Sa Pa
I woke up at Cuc Phoung National Park to the sound of gibbon calls. I had such an amazing time there that I didn’t really want to leave. I arranged to get a xe om to Highway one where I picked up a slightly less busy bus than on the way. The locals were still […]
Read the rest of Saturday 5th April back to Hanoi…..Monday 7th April
The driver who took me to Cuc Phoung didn’t appear to know exactly where it was and this led to lots of comedy diversions. Every time he stopped to ask someone the way they pointed in the opposite direction to the way we were going. This amused both me and the driver; it was fortunate […]
Read the rest of Thursday 3rd April and Friday 4th April – Cuc Phoung National Park