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We arrived at Da Lat airport in the pouring rain and (more unusually) cold weather! Jumped on the bus to town and checked in at a cosy little converted French townhouse (could do with a clean though!) After lunch at 'peace cafe', a popular spot to soggy travellers, we set off to window shop at the market (which had a roof!) and sampled the delicous dried fruits. Later we had a look at the Disney-esque cathedral and walked the hilly streets. There is a really ni...

We arrived very early in the morning on our sleeper train having had very little sleep and in desperate need of a hot shower after 3 days travelling! Shared a taxi with an English friend from the train and headed to his recommended hostel on the edge of the Old Quarter. Having arranged a room we had a few hours to waste until it was available, so dropped off our bags and headed out for a 6am stroll to Hanoi's central lake. At 6-7am we enjoyed watching Hanoi's lo...

Woke early to catch the train from HK to Guangzhou East, with only a rough idea of how we were going to get across the rest of China; the lack of a guidebook, other travellers or the internet for reference made it all abit tricky! Sad to be leaving Hong Kong but excited to be moving on to the next step... After arrival in Guangzhou around 1pm we were told by an information helpdesk that our planned sleeper train to Nanning was "sold out" which, upon re...