Saturday : sunny Well we didn't end up going to the same place as yesterday for breakfast. Kind of wish we did, this place didn't have a lot to offer. Although it was still nice to have an iced coffee. Next we hired a scooter from our hotel and went for a ride to the Cat Ba National Park. Along the way we went down this dirt, rocky, road. That took us through this awesome jungle looking valley, where Hospital Cave was. Hospital Cave was keep secret during the...

Friday : morning rain - sunny Kim and I crashed out well last night. I woke up around 5:30am to loud thunder and rain. Immediately I thought oh no rain, not today. When we eventually woke up, the storm had moved on, and we went up the road for some breakfast. A little expensive $11, but we had a lot and it was really good. Probably our best tasting (paid for) breaky so far. We got picked up from our hotel, about 8:30 by a van. Got taken to the boat or Junk (th...

Thursday : overcast - morning rain Well it was a pretty good sleep on the train, no snorting, coughing or someone getting up every half an hour to go to the toilet. The mattress was rock hard, but nothing like Fansipan's. Finally we had a good rest on public transport. Well Kim cheated, she took a sleeping pill. It must of played with her sense of smell too, because there were people smoking out in the corridor a lot, and the smoke filled our room every time th...

Wednesday : sunny Well we had a good bed, good sleep nice bathroom, and AC. Kim still was in a bit of pain and couldn't stray to far from the toot though. After breaky we went to find a chemist and train tickets to get out of this warm breezeless place. Had an interesting experience once we found the chemist. The lady couldn't speak English and Kim was writing the drug names down, for her to read. She didn't have any antibiotics for a bladder infection. So Kim ...

Tuesday : overcast Well nothing beats a 12hr sleep, I strangely enough had no pains, Kim had tight thighs that gave her a bit of grief throughout the day but that's it. We didn't do much at all today, we checked out of our hotel than had breakfast in a restaurant and stayed there for most of the day, having different kinds of drinks. We went for a walk in the afternoon for an hour, then had some dinner before our overnight bus trip to Hanoi. We got scooters ...