When we left our hotel in Hanoi we had literally just stepped outside when we were whisked away on motorbikes, no time to discuss - as I turned the corner the last thing I saw Sians little worried face as I sped off into the crowd of motorbikes through the Hanoi streets. We thought we might never see each other again but I had the passports and she had the ticket so we wernt going anywhere without each other! I felt surprisingly safe on the back of the motorbike,...

Have had a very busy and wet couple of days since we arrived in Vietnam - very rainy, cloudy and windy! Had a result getting from the airport to our hostel in that we spoke to a random man at the airport in Laos who said we could get a lift from the airport into Hanoi for 2$ each and we didnt have to stay at the guest house if we didnt want to. Another random man picked just us up(with sians name on a sign - we felt very important!)and drove us to the guest house...