After arriving back in Hanoi from Ha Long Bay we got on the night bus to Dong Hoi - a place in the middle of nowhere. The night bus or sleeper bus is comprised of 18 or so beds arranged on 2 levels, and all being so strongly air-conditioned it could feel Arctic compared to how hot it was outside. I thought it was great, the beds were just about the perfect size for someone my height (169cm in-case you were wondering) and I slept like a baby for the 12 hours. So...

The next part of our journey took us to one of 3 UNESCO world heritage sites in Vietnam - Ha long bay. The bay is comprised of thousands of limestone islands in an area of roughly 2000 square kilometres. Its fair to say it was impressive. On arrival we were taken to our boat, our home for the first night. The rooms were more than pleasant with en-suites and a nice dining room upstairs where we were given lunch of typical Vietnamese fare (lots more tofu!) and he...

Thanks for making it past the first post and not quitting on me yet. The first place we stayed was Hanoi, arriving at 9am local time. We were about a 45 minute taxi from the airport to our hostel, the much acclaimed central backpackers hostel, which served free beer to all guests between 7pm and 8pm, as well as having an intimidating looking jar of 'snake wine' (literally dead snakes in a jar filled with s*** wine). There were also some beds and stuff too. ...