My last stop in Vietnam was Ho Chi Minh city, otherwise known as HCMC or Saigon. I took another sleeper bus but gambled and did the day time one which backfired, thought it was a shorter trip but turned out not to be and a waste of a day really. This city is nicknamed "the city of motorbikes" on account of how many people own a motorbike and the streets and main roads are full of them! There is a roundabout, the name I can't remember but it's regarded as one of ...

Nha trang was my next stop, yet another 12 hour sleeper bus to the city that's a bit odd. Nha trang is known to be quite a social place because of its nightlife and beach which the city is based next to, literally a 2 minute wall from the hostel. And an awful lot of the shops are westernised, like supermarkets, bars and fast food restaurants, but at the same time there are a lot of Russians in this place, and a lot of signs and rstaurants have the translation for...

For the first and only time in Vietnam I didn't have to get a sleeper bus to my next destination as hoi an was a 3 hour drive from hue. I arrived around 1.30pm and checked into a homestay Tasso was staying at, unfortunately was just fans instead of air con so it got pretty hot, but we were top floor so we could sit on the seats on the roof with a few beers at night watching the sun come down. Hoi an itself is a pretty nice town, probably the most peaceful place ...

After the two epic trips to halong bay and Sapa, also living in Hanoi for the best part of 10 days which was fantastic but so hectic, it was time to move down the country to hue. Got another sleeper bus which took 14 hours to get to hue, upon arriving it felt even hotter than Hanoi, and since its coming into summer it's only going to get worse. The first thing that struck me was how much more quieter the roads and streets were, it was still busy but had nothing...

The next day after my halong bay trip was my 3 day, 2 night tour of Sapa. I heard from word of mouth that it was one of the top things to do in Vietnam but I didn't know much about it so I kept it that way so it would be a surprise for me. Sapa is located 10 hours north of Hanoi so I was booked in to do a sleeper bus to get there. The only downside is that because this is Vietnam it's catered for smaller people, not being racist here at all but it's the truth, ...