We couldn't quite believe how quickly the last 30 days flew by. We had an amazing time in Vietnam minus the small annoyances in Hanoi. We didn't get to see some places such as Sapa and Dalat but like every where we've been it gives us a reason to come back. The last 2 places we visited were Mui Ne and Ho Chi Minh City. Mui Ne is the mecca of water sports however we opted not to do them as they were so expensive, even a Stand Up Paddle board was $20 dollars for a...

We both couldn't fit onto the mans motorbike, especially with our packs, even if you can fit a whole asian family on! We followed on foot whilst he pushed his bike along, going from hotel to hotel collecting other backpackers as we went, eventually being dropped at the bus collection point. We left Hanoi feeling slightly better about the place then we did on our first visit. As we had spent so much time in Halong Bay we did not leave ourselves long to see the re...

22 hours later we arrived in Hanoi, Vietnam. Much to Ryans disappointment, the death road was actually a pretty smooth ride. With the assistance of our hotel we didnt get so ripped off by a rigged meter taxi, the driver wanted 500,000VND but we only gave him 200,000VND in the end. Some how his meter jumped through the kilometers quicker than you could blink. Exhausted from the long day we slept amazingly well on the worlds hardest bed. We got up pretty late so o...