Our carriage seemed to have been designated as the creche carriage. Kids with mothers who do let their children do anything they want really. One noticeable thing about the Vietnamese culture is their complete lack of appreciation of volume. They don’t talk they shout most of the time. This makes things hard to bear, not …
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Our friends of Hanoi
As we were due to arrive in Hanoi late and the likelihood of hostels being closed for the night, we pre-booked using Hostelbookers, which is far easier to use than Hostelworld (yes, we have used both a few times). Our A/C, luxury taxi took us to the door, where we were greeted well, but with …
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50 Bucks in Brisbane
23:00 we land in Australia. Through what we expect to be our most scarey customs yet without a problem. It works in our favour to admit to tea, a few shells and a tent. They don’t even glance at all the weird objects hanging around Al’s neck. Phew! With printed out detailed directions to Andisha’s …
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