Sapa Trekking - Cat Cat Village. We slept well on the train last night, neither of us could be bothered to get up until the very last minute when the train reached the station at 5am! I really needed the loo but the staff had locked them just before the train stopped, I hoped it wasn't a long journey to Sapa town. As we stepped off the train I went to grab the hotel tickets from Chris so I could start waving them about like the lady at the other station had tol...

All By My Self :-( The mist had completely cleared from the bay this morning, the harbour was full of small fishing boats and we suddenly noticed the mountains on either side surrounding the little town we were in. It was still very early and the long road in front of our hotel wasn't busy with mopeds and cars like it was yesterday. We checked out and ate breakfast before going to the Sun Flower hotel to meet the other people on our tour. We arrived at 7:45am...

'Crap' Ba Island. We woke up to the sound of boat horns this morning as they departed from around us. When we went up on deck to meet everyone the boats had gone and it was silent in the bay. The mist was so thick around us we could barely see further than five meters out. Every now and then a white boat appeared for only a second before being swallowed up by the fog again. We felt like we were in a pirate movie, it was so eerie. It was obvious the captain was l...

Super!!! We got up early today to be picked up and taken to Halong Bay. Nowhere was open for breakfast except for one restaurant that looked like it was only for locals. A miserable looking lady came over to us as we walked in. With a grunt she pointed at the drinks menu. We politely asked for the food menu but she just frowned and grunted again. She obviously didn't want us in there so we left. Then we came across the Backpacker Hostel, they were very busy in...

"No more discount! I...!" Arrived in Hanoi this morning. The sleeper bus wasn't that comfortable last night, Chris couldn't sleep and said someone kept farting lol, I thought I smelled something. I wrapped myself up in Chris's hoodie and felt comfortable for most of the time but every time the driver braked I slid forward into the gap by my feet, which put me at an awkward angle. The bus station we were dropped at seemed to be in the middle of a main road with...