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08/10/11
Nothing worse than an early bus ride in the rain to Halong Bay. It's 3 hours on some of the worst roads in the world, and our bus seems to be mounted on two pogo sticks so writing is almost impossible, at best I'm correcting more words than I write. As we move further away from Hanoi the weather has improved slightly, it's still very grey but the rain is only appearing in showers and I'm more encouraged by the dry roads.
I'm told that our junk will be the Paloma and it was build in 2009, so unless we hit an island, there is no real risk of it sinking, so let's hope they have better captains than they do drivers!
On arrival at the dock we are herded into a small boat which w...
06/10/11
We decided to to make the next destination Hanoi in the north, I had spoken to a few locals and they all agreed that there really is not much to miss in the middle, plus storm number 3 was passing through the area and the middle highlands were pretty much no go due to the rain. Our choices were a 2 day train or and hour flight, well, it's a no brained really!
As we stepped off the plane two things happened, first the temperature dropped by 15 degrees and secondly the rain came down in buckets!
We found a taxi ($16) which took us to our hostel for the next two nights. Ms Han, the owner of the Hanoi guesthouse, speaks fantastic English and could not be helpful enough and it o...
I return to my homeland to check out the outdoor scene...and try the Guinness
Last week I found myself on a plane to Ireland to take part in a number of activities to showcase the country as an Adventure Travel destination.
I was actually born in Ireland, not that I can remember it, so this was my first proper visit to the country. Although I had heard tales from my parents about the Irish and the country itself ('it's like a wetter, greener England') I didn't really know what to expect. I was to be water skiing, kayaking, mountain biking and horse riding around the south of Ireland, travelling from Cork, to Kilarney, and finally to Shannon where I would fly home.
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