Good morning vietnam and goodbye is the topic of today. I write this having now arrived in luang prabang, Laos and having to catch up on Hanoi and the boat trip to halong bay (this will be on a separate blog). Anyway let's get down to it, Hanoi was enjoyable and split into two visits as we spent 2/3 days there first then we took a 3 day boat trip to halong bay and came back for a further 2nights. On our arrival to Hanoi we were greeted with sunshine and temper...

Good morning uk in which will be the last of my blogs from Vietnam. We booked a 3 boat trip containing kayaking, bicycle riding, hotel on cat ba island and a night on the boat in halong bay and I have to say a brilliant time was had. An early start involved the obligatory boat ride to the port where we would get our 'junk boat' and spend alot of our time. There was about 15 on our group with a mixture of Australian, French, Canadian, English, Chinese and dutch. ...

Good morning from Vietnam, actually a painstaking early morning for us given that we have just arrived in Hanoi, Vietnam after a 14 hour bus journey. It was probably the longest bus journey or journey of my entire life but I'll touch on that in a bit. I'd love to say hue was enjoyable but I can't lie it was a bloody nightmare. Hue itself looked a really beautiful place but sadly it's impossible to see it when it rains from arrival to departure. To say it rained ...

Good afternoon uk and good evening from Hoi An. We arrived safe and sound in Hoi An and you instantly get that small town feel which is a nice change. The hostel 'Sunflower' was a recommendation from our Hungarian friends, and the Hungarians know their hostels obviously. Can not complain with friendly staff, clean rooms, buffet breakfast and tv all for about £6. The town here has a quiet feel about which is a good thing. It is French in its architecture and h...

Good afternoon uk and good evening from Vietnam. We took our first sleeper bus to nha trang from ho chi minh. A few pictures of the bus were taken just because it's not something we normally come cross, it's basically bunk beds (but smaller) on a bus. The trip took about 12 hours which is one hell of a long trip, it didn't help that my initial seat/bed was in the aisle and I was so small my knees were up to my chest. Luckily Tina had a larger sleeping area and ...