Sun 16th - Sat 22nd Feb (Week 21)Sun 16th - Arrived into Hanoi from our overnight sleeper train from Sapa at 5am. Had to wait around in the cold and dark for our hotel pickup at 5:30, then had breakfast and used the wifi in the hotel until our taxi to the airport at 9:30am. Our Vietnam Airlines flight was bang on time, and we arrived into Luang Prabang at 1:15pm. Got our Visa on Arrival, some cash, and a minibus to our hostel. Headed out at 3pm to grab some food,...

Sat 8th - Sat 15th Feb (Week 20)Sat 8th - Had a great buffet breakfast - one of the best in our 4+ months so far ! Spent the morning wandering around Hanoi, looking around the Old Quarter, seeing the Old City Gate, Bach Ma Temple, markets, Hoan Kiem Lake, and then down to Hoa Lo "Hanoi Hilton" Prison. I was a little concerned it might be like the war museum in HCMC, but it wasn't too graphic, just informative with some good displays. Went into Quan Su Pagoda, the...

Sat 1st - Fri 7th Feb (Week 19)Sat 1st - Got picked up by our Hue EasyRiders from our hotel at 8am. We were a bit concerned how they were going to carry our huge rucksacks, day bags, us and them, but they just strapped the big bags on the back, and we were good to go. Took the road back to Da Nang, stopping at China Beach which is just a beautiful long stretch of white sand as far as the eye can see. Then onto Marble Mountain where we spent an hour looking ...

Sunday 26th - Fri 31st (Week 18)Sun 26th - Caught the metro to KL Sentral to catch the 11:30 bus to KLIA airport, then took the 2:40pm flight to HCMC, arriving at 4:40pm local time. Had to go through the Visa on Arrival process - filling in an application form, then handing that, a passport photo and our pre-approved letter in. Luckily there weren't many other people doing it, so it was pretty quick, collected our bags, and caught a taxi to our hostel. We are rig...

Sat 18th - Sat 25th January (Week 17)Sat 18th - Caught the 11:30 ferry from Ko Phi Phi over to Ko Lanta, arriving at 1pm. Our hotel was meant to collect us, but once everyone had left and we were the last ones there, we realised they had forgotten, and had to get the tourist info to call them ! Finally arrive at 1:30pm and quickly appreciated that our hotel, and Lanta in general is very much family-orientated, and lots of kids everywhere ! Spent the afterno...