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Today we arrived in France after a couple of days with friends and family in the UK. The UK weather wasn’t quite up to the Manx summer so we decided not to do more mountain biking and instead spent the Read more…

We had allowed two weeks on the Isle of Man to unpack and get ready for the next leg of our adventure. We arrived with a beautiful sunny scenic flight, although of course we were greeted by the familiar cold Read more…

People keep saying to us “Wow, have you really been gone three and a half months!” – see time flies. That is why we have to make the most of every day and every opportunity. We took the opportunity to Read more…

As we have both been to Bangkok before (Pete twice), we have seen most of the tourist sights therr already but as our visits were 20 years ago we thought it would be fun to spend a day and night Read more…

We rented a moped and, despite the stormy clouds and dodgy weather forecast, took to the roads to explore the island. We went to a waterfall on the East side of the island, called Tranh Stream. By the time we Read more…

We decided our last few days of our SE trip should be spent on an island, soaking up the sun. So from Hanoi we flew to the very South of Vietnam to Phu Quoc. After a 2 hour direct flight Read more…

We arrived in Ninh Binh and for once checked in at a gorgeous homestay in Tam Coc and got ourselves sorted all before a beautiful sunset. Our accommodation was really quiet and we had soft mattresses – bliss! !!!! We Read more…

A false start, brought about by waking up to heavy rain and thunderstorms, we delayed our trip by a day and spent an extra day in Hanoi catching up on blogs, research, booking of flights etc. Finally we strapped our Read more…

For a second time we are in Hanoi and we were all set for a road trip in the mountains today but woke up to a thunder storm and torrential rain. We decided to postpone for a day but our Read more…

So everyone has heard of, or seen pictures of, Ha Long Bay and that was where we were thinking of heading until we heard how many cruise boats (junk boats) were all visiting the same places plus within a two Read more…

We have just spent a few days in Hoi An and loved it. Other travellers told us it was their favourite part of Vietnam and we thought it was because of the beaches, but Hoi An is so much more. Read more…

We kept our motorbike one more day so we could explore the sights around Da Nang. Da Nang itself is a strange place with lots of big hotels but no real centre. It has lovely golden sand beaches and we Read more…

Our trip around The Golden Loop had started as an idea of riding the Hai Van Pass, a pass made famous by Top Gear and one which Jeremy Clarkson said was “the best coastal pass (pause for dramatic effect) in Read more…

We headed to Da Nang and rented a 155cc moped from Danang Bikes. Pete navigated the crazy traffic to get us out of the city (in what world does no traffic rules seem like a good idea? – but somehow Read more…

Back on the coast we arrived at Hue to find it raining and cold. We expected that weather in the mountains, not here! Oh well, we dug out our jeans and coats from the bottoms of our rucksacks and it Read more…

Da Lat was spared from heavy bombing in the American war so the are still many French Colonial buildings there, however now these are joined by many flash new hotels to cater for all the weekend visitors who fly in Read more…

Ooh where to start ?????? We spent a few days on the coast in Mui Ne. It is known (and surprisingly popular with Russian tourists) for its wind allowing for kite and wind surfing – or lots of local fishing Read more…

Pete’s foot is finally healing well, no longer swollen and today was his first day back in flip flops! Bliss! Now it is Janet’s turn. After a sore throat for the last eight days and, the last two days with Read more…

Often you visit places and the history is so old it doesn’t really seem relevant to you. Here in Ho Chi Minh that is definitely not the case. Most of the history we have been reading about is since the Read more…

Sometimes it is the random acts of kindness that stay with you and really make your travels special. We have had some great examples of this on our trip so far such as a hotel receptionist coming to find us Read more…

In South East Asia you get many opportunities to see elephants but not always in the best way for elephants. We have already seen elephants being ridden with big baskets on their backs in two different places and we passed Read more…

Here in Modulkiri Province there is a lot more jungle, hills and greenery and suddenly no people living at the side of the road for miles. Only as we came into Sen Monorom were there once again lots of houses, Read more…

We have been trying not to look at weather forecasts or temperature gauges for fear of phsyching ourselves out, but let’s be clear, it is hot hot hot!!!! Our last hotel had a gauge behind reception (which was hard to Read more…

So after the last sombre post we thought we should show you some of the lovely parts of the city. The Royal Palace is open in parts for you to wander around (although you can’t always take photos and have Read more…