Today was a semi- early start to get to my bus for luang prabang (I had booked it through quite a dodgy travel agent so I was hoping the bus was taking me there!) I waited at my designated bus stop at the designated time... No bus. Went to the "travel agent" and he told me to hop on to a waiting tuk tuk that would take me to my "VIP" bus. VIP was severely overestimating what it actually was. It was a coach with semi-reclinable seats (you may see seat reclinabili...

An early start again for us. We (the auzzie boys and I) had a quick breakfast and set off for the river! going against the advice of other "tubers" we hired rubber tubes for the day to enable us to float down the river. We hired a tuk tuk and drove to the start of the river. The river is placed between several enormous hills covered in all types of greenery and runs slowly between. It was already scattered with keen tubers meandering down when we arrived. Along ...

The bus journey... So after an amazing 3 days in the north of Vietnam I decided to hop on a bus to Laos aiming for the famous Vang Vieng. I gate crashed a bus journey planned by some auzzie boys that i met on the Halong bay trip. 30 minutes after the bus got back to the hostel from the Halong bay trip, the next bus was ready to take us to Laos. I knew I had no time to shower or eat, just enough time for a quick toothbrushing and that was about it! We crammed ...

Through the hostel I booked a package trip to Halong bay which was described as a three day relaxing boat trip to a tropical paradise. First night to be enjoyed on the Jolly Roger cruise ship and then followed by an exotic night on a secret island staying in traditional bamboo shacks... What it actually turned out to be was a party boat filled with great people and now great memories. The first day on the boat was spent lazily sailing through the limestone islan...

A new day in Hanoi and a new treat for the eyes & ears. I started the day early and went on a walking tour of Hanoi- yes walking (this time not in flip flops!) we walked through the maze of streets lined with market stalls, street restaurants with all kinds of "meat", shops selling everything from flip flops to nails and hammers to Christmas trees. By the end of the day I managed to master crossing the street avoiding the continuous flow of motorbikes and tuk...