We got up at half 9ish and showered and packed - I tried to re jig my backpack so everything would fit better. It helped a bit, but I'm looking forward to the vac pacs my dad has ordered for me which I'm going to ask Hannah to bring out for me (if you're reading H-Mart, it won't be very big!) We went to have breakfast at a bakery we saw last night, but we wanted croissants and they didn't have any even though they were on the menu, so we left and went to Treat...

Today was a really nice. We got up at 10ish and the sun was out which was nice after a couple of overcast days. We went for breakfast at Retreat where we went last night, I am trying to be healthy so I had watermelon, pineapple and banana with yoghurt, although I would have quite enjoyed eggs on toast ! We wandered around the streets of Hoi An on our way to the old town, but got sidetracked by all of the little shops and market stalls next to the river. Vicky a...

We had planned to have a lie in this morning but were woken up at 7.30am by a phonecall from my mum, who was panicking about reading the last blog entries about the buses! I assured her we were fine and we had a chat so then I couldn't really sleep properly after that. We got up at 10ish, and walked to Minh and Coco, where we had lunch yesterday, for breakfast. I had a mushroom omelette and a hot chocolate, yummy. We then walked back to the hotel to check out an...

Well it is half 11 on Vietnamese New Year and I am in bed - how boring of me! I have been struggling to keep my eyes open in the bar for at least the last hour, 27 hours of uncomfortable travel really takes it out of you, so in the end bed was just too enticing! Our bus journey after my entry last night wasn't particularly fun. The bus driver would drive at breakneck speeds for a while and then brake really hard if anything got in the way. That coupled with my p...

Scariest day yet! We got up early and a Tuk Tuk picked us up from our guesthouse at 7.10am to take us to the bus station. Our bus to Vientiane was at 8am and was supposedly VIP, but the bus looked quite old and beaten up on the outside. I was hoping it would be okay on the inside but it was even worse, there seemed to be a layer of grime over everything on the bus, the antimacassars were filthy and you could barely see out of the windows because they were so di...