We had been looking forward to out visit to Halong Bay since we originally decided to visit Vietnam; the locals say if you haven't visted Halong you haven't visited Vietnam. However we were a little apprehensive as we had read about the numerous boats and guides messing you around and over charging. In the end we opted for a 2 day tour as we felt it wasn't a trip we could do independently or in 1 day due the distance involved, it was a 4 hour drive away from Han...

We have arrived in Vietnam! We are here for a month and we haven't planned anything, unlike our previous countries. But we do have an idea about what we would like to see and do, hopefully we enjoy it more than China and can being to relax a little bit. Hanoi is our first stop, we arrived at night a got a taxi to our hotel. Which is the nicest place we've been to yet, you'd pay around £120 a night in the UK but we've got it for £18! Lovely big bed, clean and m...

After our reservations of getting a sleeper train we actually found the journey to be quiet straight forward and more comfortable than the night flights we have taken. We booked two beds in a four berth cabin, with two bunks on either side and a small table in the middle. We shared the cabin with two Chinese locals one from Chengdu who was very chatty and the other didn't speak. They were both nice people so we could over look the loud snoring during the night. ...

Xian was our next city stop for 3 days. We caught a 6 hour bullet train from Beijing to Xian, the train was very similar to the Japanese train inside with the same furnishings and leg room. However we had second class tickets this time instead of first, but it was comfortable enough journey but not much to look at through the window with all the smog. We seemed to travel past farm land and then suddenly through cities of skyscrapers and building works, then back ...

Hello everyone, sorry for the lack of updates on here we have been in China and our blog website was restricted so we weren't able to access it. First things first, China is quiet possibly the hardest country we have ever travelled through. We did expect it to be slightly different and a bit unfamiliar, but we were quiet shell shocked by what we found. We have previously said that we found Sri Lanka hard as a country, well China is a completely different ball g...