We had a day of travel to Liuzhou. It was about a 4 hour drive to get to the train station. The bus was TINY too. When we got to Liuzhou, we had about 2 hours before our train arrived. So, Terry took us to find some food. The first place he was going to take us was not very busy and smelled weird. He decided to go somewhere else. We ended up eat...

After leaving the village in the morning, we headed for Liu Zhou, a 'small' city in China (still bigger than Auckland ...). We took public buses to get there, and with all the karaoke I was reminded immediately to Cambodia ... In the evening we were invited to attend a Chinese wedding. Since to today was full moon, it is a very special day to ge...

Welcome to the craziness that is Vietnam! Upon arrival, it was evident that we had left behind the tranquility of Laos and drastically pumped up the noise and energy level! The sheer number of people on motorbikes surpassed any logic but as time went on, I found it amusing to spot the strangest combinations of people, animals and things that cou...

Hello or Ni Hai, the past week has been a bit hectic. We left Hanoi and headed to Halong Bay which is pretty spectacular. I'm really going to have to improve my vocabulary and learn more words to descibe stuff. Halong Bay is full on little Limestone islands ( about 1000) all jutting out of the sea. really serene just sailing about soaking up the...

Imaging how far I could get in Japan or even back home with 25 hours on a train I...well actually I didn't have a clue but I'm pretty sure it's further than the 1500km that this journey would take - a small hop on terms of China as a whole. I slept pretty well though even with the lower bunk of 3 (everyone sits on the bottom bunk during the day)...

Leaving the hostel before my impromptu washing was dry again, I stopped for some more Chinese pizza stuff (dabing perhaps it is called?) before getting the bus to Liuzhou. Having tired of walking in the wrong direction out of bus stations I jumped on the back of a motorbike taxi to get to the train station and was handed a workmen's hardhat as a...