Our tour has started! On our last free day in Hanoi we finished off the sightseeing by going to see the Waterpuppets great and traditional but a little scary and visited Ho Chi Minh himself, very strange to see him dead and embalmed. That night we got the Unification Express (our first sleeper train! what an experience) for 12 hours down to Hue, luckily we managed to sleep most of it and wasnt that dirty! For the 2 days in Hue we visited the beautiful Citadel a...

We've been in Vietnam for 5 days so far, but it feels like weeks! The hour long taxi drive into the Old Quarter of Hanoi was terrifying with the thousands of crazy mopeds and strangely no cars, but we were so glad to get there after the hours of travelling. After thinking we had escaped jet lag we left the hotel the next day after lunch, and walked down to the Hoan Kiem Lake in the centre - risking our lives crossing the manic roads. We then paid 10p to cross the...