So I haven't posted in a few days only because we've been so busy! After leaving Hanoi we took an overnight train to the sleepy fishing town of Hoi An- which we loved! We arrived late afternoon so just went for some food and a wander round on the first evening. The next day we bought a ticket to see a few of the sights round the town then hired bicycles out and rode to the closest beach which was beautiful. The nightlife here was pretty good and we enjoyed a nigh...

The last few days have been spent in Halong Bay and Hanoi in the north of Vietnam. Halong Bay is a world heritage site and one of the seven new wonders of the world. We took a two day/ one night tour round the bay on a small cruise ship with 9 cabins. All our wonderful food was included as well as activities including visiting the 'surprise cave', swimming on a beach on one of the thousands of islands and kayaking (where we nearly got ran over by another cruise s...