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We get out of Hoi An and head to the seaside at Mui Ne. First, of course, we have to face two buses for a combined total of 20 hours. Find out if things get any easier by clicking here.

We buy some trousers that don’t zip off in the middle. Also, find out just how much heat exhaustion will make you vomit, and find out where the best restaurant in Hoi An is. Click here for the lowdown.

We just never get tired of buses. This time it’s a 19-hour effort to take us from Hanoi to Hoi An, the tailoring capital of Vietnam. Find out what it’s like to ride on a bus with beds by clicking here.

We return to Hanoi for our last day before moving on to southern Vietnam. We arrived at five in the morning, though, so the following could be an alarming mess of non-sequiturs and sepllnig msiteakes. Click here, if you dare.

We visit Sapa in northern Vietnam. It’s the closest we’ve come to China since Hong Kong, and we spend our time dodging souvenir sellers and hiking an unbelievably long way. Find out whether it’s fun walking on mud in 40 degree heat by clicking here.

We have our worst day of travelling so far. It involved the following: Canadians, Germans, 27 hours on buses, rain, rip-offs and domestic disputes. Find out if we took the first plane home by clicking here.

We get out of tourist-tastic Thailand and into Laos. First stop, Luang Prabang, and, with luck, some decent food. Also, Mendy tries waterfall-diving. Find out if I’ll spend the rest of our time in Asia pushing a wheelchair by clicking here.

The goal from Pai was always to get out of Thailand. Pai, of course, isn’t on any international borders, so we had to get to Chiang Kong, which sits on the Laotian border and the Mekong River.
There are two ways to get from Pai to Chiang Kong. Option one involves taking the government bus back [...]

Finally, I’ve visited a knocking shop. Fine, I didn’t mean to and I visited with my wife with the innocent intention of finding somewhere to sleep, but still. See how many condom machines were on the wall by clicking here.

This one’s going to be a bit scatological, I’m afraid. Still, if you’re visiting China, Mongolia, south-east Asia, or France, this is what you need to know.