Jo and Hayley's SEA journal From Vietnam to Bali, our most extensive South East Asia trip yet!

Sorry for late post of story. Internet here is very expensive $4.50 for 10 minutes! We are leaving Shanghai tomorrow for Guilin, hopefully things will be cheaper. Shanghai has been fabulous, although expensive. Some things are cheap, like street food, which is great, rice, noodles and the best dumplings! People are mostly helpful, though some are a little hard-faced. Our hotel staff are incredibly unhelpful. We found a double decker open bus that for $5 tours you around the city for 24hrs, get on get off as you choose. We spent a good day in China town and another day around Xintiandi (where the rich folk hang out) was great fun and we have some terrific photo's. Everywhere is interesting and its hard to get bored. Mix of old Shanghai and new, the development here is enormous. The skyline of a night is spectacular, the lights are phenomenal. The is bugger all english spoken, and so far have only met one Australian.... recogniseable due to the beer he was holding. Very few western tourists, more european. Love to all! xxxx (my 10 mins is up)