Marden And I thought I was the sensible one. Thanks for stnetig me straight.

ali leah you do not paint a very nice picture of kitami. it is not cold anymore! *sticks out tongue*. however ill forgive you cos u gave me tea.

Moey 4 Buxton Rd, High Lane, Stockport, SK6 8AA :D stay away from the swine flu! don't want Lealea and Amy getting ill now. My bro was watching mulan the other day lol i thought of u, hope ur having fun. Mucho amor Bambi xxx 2 + 5 haha

Claire Hi Leah/Amy Thanks so much for your help, that's great - enjoy the rest of your trip, sounds amazing! x x x

Maili First of all I'm entirely behind on this blog so I've only just read all about japan (yes I fail) so OMG THAT SOUNDS AMAZING and I am very very jealous. Vagina in a can? strangely intriguing. Oh and I already facebooked you to tell you not to get swine flu. so yea...don't do that. is it my turn to email? xxxx

leah post stuff home, alice. our secret! 1 + 2 = 3!

Alice I just read your blog post in tokyo!! eeeeeee!!! only a couple of weeks and ill be there trying to force myself not to spend all my life savings in a day and remember whatever i buy i have to carry for months. itll b amazing yet torturous at the same time!! i cant wait!! wish u were still there for our arrival so we could go window licking together! now's about the time im going to get very jealous reading your blog! its moving on to the south america part which i soooo want to do!!! hope you have an amaaazing time!! 3+3=6! xxxxx

leah and also, claire, amy has just reminded me that backpackers hostel near the cathedral looked really good, so maybe try to stay there? we wish we had! they organised tours too

Leah Yeah, no problem Claire, our hostel set it up for us, i cant remember its name but it was on an alley in old quarter called yen tai, and had a chiwawua! the tour itself was with singh tours, and pretty much every hostel in hanoi will set u up with "singh tours", but theyr all rly diff companies pretending to be the one good one, so... basically, look around lots of hostels and dont pay over 45 dollars! sorry i cant be more specific. have fun, and tell me how it goes! :)

Claire Hi Leah, I'm heading to Vietnam in August and found your blog while searching for info on Halong Bay. Really would like to do a tour, but nothing fancy, as we're strapped for cash - your price sounds perfect! Could you tell me the name of the tour operator please? Hopefully we'll pay at the lower end too! Thanks Claire x

Anna You're not allowed to DIE on Miyijima island ??? What if you do it by accident? Madness. I love that basically you went all round the red light district in Osaka, hahah. Did neither of you catch onto this at the time? XD I'M SO JEALOUSSS. xxxxxxxxxxxx

Leah Hi Toan! Thank you! We're good,very cold up in Beijing though! We've sent someone called Sarah we met at Ha Long Bay your way :)

Toan, SunnyFINE Guesthouse Hallo Leah, how are you and Amy? Thank you for your staying at our guesthouse. Have a good time!

Leah Why laura why?! also...which laura?

Laura LEAH I WON'T SEE U UNTIL DECEMBER!!!!!!