And then... and then... and then....

So we are now pros at surfing (our new Russian friend told us so!) Both of us moved onto smaller, fibre glass boards, (so we are now no longer using oversized plastic pens; i.e Bic - sorry surfer joke!) The surf was veryreally good and for about 3 days we hit the surf around 7am for a couple of hours.

We are now in Phu Quoc a small island off the coast of Cambodia, though still belongs to Vietnam, its one of our last destinations in Vietnam before we head back to the big city then on to Thailand. Its one of the least populated parts of the countryside with a large national park and untouched beaches. The water are so clear it’s the only place left where you can scuba dive, all the other locations in Vietnam have bad visibility due to it being the monsoon season. Open Water qualifications start at $250 so Sophie was going to see about doing hers.

We spend 3 days having another ‘holiday away from our holiday’ in Phu Quoc before going back to Saigon where we are going to work for 3 days at the centre. We had some great news on our arrival back, one of the younger girls; Hien has been adopted by a French couple so in about 3 weeks she makes her journey to her new life in France!

We are booking into a elephant conservation place in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand on the 29th November and after that we will make our way through Laos and Cambodia before descending into Southern Thailand for Xmas. Our new flights are booked to arrive in Sydney on the morning of the 31st December.

Hope everyone is well, please send us any news. Vietnam being the communist country that it is, has now, along with China, banned Facebook so we feel devoid of the outside world! Hopefully this will be turned over though its not long until we leave. Ciao for now x x