2002-2005 (c) GetJealous.com, All rights reserved. http://www.getjealous.com/stuandjohoneymoon/rss.xml Jo and Stu's travels around the world as husband and wife http://www.getjealous.com/stuandjohoneymoon http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=694856&go=stuandjohoneymoon link: http://www2.snapfish.co.uk/photolibrary/owned_view=owned_2010/username: stubertio@hotmail.compassword: stuandjo55As I write this we are in Fiji after a day of relaxing I realise at this stage that I am way behind on blogs and photos. I have made some highlight albums and put them on snapfish (link above with password and account) and I"ll just have a few of them on here as I can only h... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=694856&go=stuandjohoneymoon Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=694855&go=stuandjohoneymoon An afternoon ferry was a delight so a bit of a lay in and some sunbathing before getting the 2pm ferry, which was an hour late. Our hotel was in Haad Salad, which is in the north east of the island and after checking in we just chilled (using the wifi in the reception as it didn"t have a signal in the room). We also made some Christmas decorations (snowflakes and stars) out of some notepad ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=694855&go=stuandjohoneymoon Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=694854&go=stuandjohoneymoon Ko Phi PhiOur 8:30am ferry was meant to just take us to Ko Phi Phi but it actually turned out to be tour around the islands (Ko Phi Phi is actually made up of 2 islands - Phi Phi Don and Ley and only the former is inhabited). It got going after some crazy shenanigans where our ferry was on the end of 3 so that we had to cross another 2 to board it but then before going let the other 2 go about 5 ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=694854&go=stuandjohoneymoon Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=694853&go=stuandjohoneymoon PatongA good sleep in as we were stopping here for 3 nights and we hadn"t done that for a long time :) We got up sometime early afternoon and walked into the main centre/beach of Patong, stopping in Molly Malones for a pint (£8 for a cider and beer - yikes!). The place is full of theme bars/pubs, takeaways, tour booths and crappy souvenir shops and the beach isn"t that nice and t... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=694853&go=stuandjohoneymoon Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=694852&go=stuandjohoneymoon HanoiWe got in early after a shit night"s sleep on the bus and got ripped off by a taxi driver that didn"t want to stop the car as he wanted to see the guesthousel we were staying at (which we purposefully hadn"t told him and we didn"t know where it was) but after us yelling for 30 seconds he just let us out in the old quarter.So after Lonely Planet let us down on some places f... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=694852&go=stuandjohoneymoon Sat, 12 Dec 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=694849&go=stuandjohoneymoon There"s not an awful lot to do in Hue other than a tour around the buildings and tombs of the Nguyen dynasty, which was the last dynasty of the Vietnam (1800-1945 I believe). Which sounds interesting but wasn"t really due to the combination of our guides boring voice, annoyance when anyone was trying to talk or look around on their own and the fact that while these buildings are only 20... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=694849&go=stuandjohoneymoon Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=694848&go=stuandjohoneymoon Consultation & MeasuringWe arrived around 7am and managed to check into the hotel the Dutch couple told us about. They let us shower and sleep in a room until midday and then moved us. They then recommended a place for lunch and a tailor (as there are hundreds in Hoi An). We couldn"t find the cafe but stopped at a charity one which was a bit pants, but they did do Jo a hot chocolate ev... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=694848&go=stuandjohoneymoon Wed, 9 Dec 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=694847&go=stuandjohoneymoon Day 1We used our first 2 night stopover in a place to have a lie in until midday (bliss). We then went in search of the cablecars over to the island to make up for the one we missed in Dalat. On the way the taxi driver asked if we wanted to stop at a tourist office (really a travel agent) and buy tickets for 250k VND (about £8) which seemed like a lit for a cablecar ride (it was 55k VND at... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=694847&go=stuandjohoneymoon Mon, 7 Dec 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=669287&go=stuandjohoneymoon Mui NeWe"d bought a bus ticket all the way from HCMC to Hanoi stopping in lots of places (interestingly the tickets were only twice what we paid for a 2 hour/100km journey yet they were doing over 1,000km) and apart from the 2 overnight journeys all the times were listed as 4 hours - so we were a little sceptical of the actual times.Our bus to Mui Ne (on the coast and east of HCMC) left at 8:... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=669287&go=stuandjohoneymoon Fri, 4 Dec 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=668976&go=stuandjohoneymoon Day 1The hotel in Phu Quoc gave us a lift to the airport - which was small (as was our plane). The staff at the airport didn"t seem to be working too hard. We needed to print off our tickets (so we were told beforehand) and I tried to at the Vietnam Airways desk but no-one was around. Quite a few people started hanging around the desk and as it turned out a flight was cancelled. Eventuall... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=668976&go=stuandjohoneymoon Tue, 1 Dec 2009 12:00:00 GMT