Not a great start.....

So the day has finally arrived to head off on our adventures. We left Tamworth waved of by Danielle, Lorraine, Gran & Brownie and arrived in Sydney with hours to kill. We found a great bar with cheap cider & steaks which was great. Then off to the check in counter & unfortunately this is when everything turned to shit. Having been to Thailand before and not needing a Visa for under 30 days, we assumed that Vietnam was the same.....that was our biggest mistake...NEVER assume anything. Words do not describe the feeling you get when you are told 2 hours before your flight that you can't get into the country. Luckily we got a great Aussie check in guy who helped us. So off we run to Flight Centre to get emergency visa's and yet another set of passport photos....$480 thank you very much PLUS an extra $200 as our flight got in before 9am and they would have to get someone to come early to give us our visa in Vietnam PLUS another $100 when we get there......soooooo as you can imagine we were not very impressed but had no choice. Once again the check in guy was great & even gave me a hug cause I was a bit of a sook. I even asked him if we were on an episode of Airport :-/ We weren't the last to get on the plane but we did cut it very fine. I know you are all reading this saying that everyone knows you need a visa for Vietnam......well OBVIOUSLY NOT.....and why the hell did I not read this anywhere or someone tell us. So needless to say this has not started off our trip on a high and i have decided that I can't think about it and I am not going to mention it again so please refrain from telling us what idiots we are......lesson learnt.....the hard way. The flight to Kuala Lumpur was uneventful and sleep deprived and I have to say that children on planes that can't stop crying should be drugged.....that is all. Alvo xo