Last night we boarded the overnight train to Sapa. Our new guide came with us. His name is Diep. The rooms were really small with a small table and two bunks. Today we arrived in Sapa. We travelled by mini bus to our hotel. Our family went for a walk and then, we went for a walk around a market with our guide. After lunch, we were taken to a local village. We were shown a house and saw a waterfall. Tomorrow, we are going for a 6km walk. It's been raining here i...

Today is our last day on Ha Long Bay. The boat we stayed on was called Ha Long Jasmine. Today we went to a beach. First, we climbed up stairs to see the view. After the stairs, there was a rocky path. We continued going even though the guide guy said to go only half way. The view was amazing! After that, we had a swim. Soon, we had to go back to the big boat to return back. Yesterday, we changed onto a day boat called Halong Sunset. We kayaked twice and went s...

We are in Hanoi and today we did a city tour with our guide Kien. After lunch, we went on a pedi cab tour of the old quarter. The streets are really busy! There is so much tooting of horns. There are many motorbikes. Nobody stops at zebra crossings or lights so you just walk across and they'll dodge you. Dad is amazed there is no road rage! Because of the many motorbikes, cars and a few trucks and mini buses, the air is quite polluted. We have eaten lots of rice ...

It was an early rise this morning. At 5:30am, we left Bendigo to head to Melbourne airport. After dropping off Tully, Dad's dad drove us tithe airport. It was an 8 and a half hour flight to Hochi Min City then another 2 to get to Hanoi. From Melbourne to Hochi Min, we has little tv things on the seat so that we could play games, watch movies, look at where we were, listen to music etc. At the Hanoi airport , we were picked up by our guide as mini bused to our hot...