Kayaking to Vientianne was so much fun, there was a group of 10 with 2 to a kayak so each of us girls teamed up with one of the guys which made it so much easier! the rapids were grade 3, Fiona fell in twice - v funny! we also stopped for bbq along the river where we were able to climb the rocks and jump in - v high but so worth doing! We got to Vientianne in the evening and had a bit of trouble finding accomodation in our budget that had any space, we eventually...

Vang Vieng has been amazing! I'm now travelling with Nata from Israel and Fiona from Canada. We arrived monday evening so on Tuesday we went tubing which was so funny! You hire a big tube each and get taken up the river in a tuk tuk where they drop you off at the first bar. Theres a big rope swing which is really high up so of course I had a couple of goes! Then we floated down the river to the next bars (theres 5 main bars in total), each one has a different ro...

Last time I wrote was in Hoi An, that seems so long ago, I've been doing so much! I travelled to Hue next with Bianca, we stayed 1 night, I dint like it there much, it was a bit boring, just a citadel and a few temples on the Perfume River boat trip. So we made our way up to Ninh Binh which was awesome, only for a day but it was great! we hired a moped and took turns driving, the scenery was stunning, we got a boat down a river surrounded by limestone cliffs and...

Hue was not as interesting as I had expected - we were there for one night and spent the first day just looking around the Citadel and the following day we got a boat trip up the Perfume River to see a Pagoda and a temple - not very exciting but fairly chilled out. That night we got the night bus to Ninh Binh which we loved! We hired a scooter bike and drove down to where you can get a boat ride through caves and past the limestone formations along the river - i...

To get into Vietnam I did a 3 day tour along the Mekong Delta where we got a boat to Chau Doc for the first night; here I taught english at a school in the evening! Next day we went to a fishing village and saw the cages under the floating houses which are filled to the brim with fish, when you feed them they all scramble over each other to get the food. Also saw a small factory where they were weaving scarves in a Cham minority village. We arrived in Can Tho b...