What a long journey this one was! After a mammoth 36 hours of travelling, 3 different coaches and passing through 3 different places on 'stops', we finally arrived in Hanoi at 6.15am in the morning and set on our treck to find a decent hostel! THis came in the form of Central Stars!, nice big double bed, Air Con, hot shower, cable TV, all for $10!!!! i call that a bargain! We hit a water park today for some fun and frolics on the random water slides and lazy ri...

The journey to this place was unreal! I never imagined that leaving Da Lat i was in for such a scenic treat! The huge mountains that surrounded us were something out of this world. I never imagined i would be seeing this in Vietnam (Soooooo glad i got my visa now!) Nha Trang is gorgeous, 3km white sand beach surrounded by said mountain ranges and the weather, well its blue sky and blazing sunshine! UNREAL! Unfortunatley, my visa runs out in 5 days, so i have to ...

This place is a bit surreal! I feel like i am in the Swiss mountains or in a ski resort in the summer! We arrived yesterday and switched to the lovely Dreams Hotel this morning for a HUGE breakfast fit for a king served by Phi. We then hopped in a taxi and made our way to the chair lifts (Yes you heard me right, chairlifts) Which took us along to the reservoir, where we then walked 3km to a lovely (if not a bit touristy waterfall) We decided to take the roller co...

What a nightmarethis border crossing was!!!!!!!!! We left Shanioukville - Cambodia at 7 am and didn't get in to Ho Chi Min City (Saigon) until 10.30PM + We got a minibus to the border, shame it was the wrong crossing........ then althoughsaid minibus was meant to take us all the way, it then decided to burger off...... leaving us to walk through the border ourself and decide our next move. We walked for about 2km to a bus station (getting hassle all the way as ...