Day 0 - Preparing to leave

Well, the time as come, I'm all packed - got everything I need for the next quarter of a year on my back,... I hope. ;)

Plane flies at 20:30 from Heathrow, and then there's a 6h 40min flight to Qatar, Doha airport (below), presumably I'll be spending the strike (clock, not workers!) of new years on the plane, somewhere...? Not sure how that works when you're flying... but will find out. I suspect being Qatar airlines they will do it based on Qatar time (+3h GMT), so should be half-way through the flight!

Qatar, Doha:

Once landed, I have to haul ass as I have 50 mins to find Lukas & Petr (Who have just flown from Czech republic, to Germany, and then onto Qatar) and get on the connecting flight (07:30 departure Qatar time) that takes us all to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon - below), Vietnam together. The connecting flight takes us a further 7h 20mins, putting us as 18:50 Vietnam time (+7h GMT) - just enough time to dump our bags in the hotel we booked for the first two nights, get a bite to eat, and crash crash crash.

Ho-Chi-Minh, Vietnam:

The plan from there on in is pretty non-existant. Find our bearings, get our hair cut, Figure out what we want to do first, and do it. Rough plan is to follow the Mekong from North to South, zig-zagging or way through Cambodia & Laos along the way, and maybe a few other countries too...? Vietnam is the backbone for out travels - where we have our month VISA, the rest we get along the way as and when we need them.

The adventure begins! Stay tuned!

Happy new year everyone!!!