We found the sun Hoi An is a beach destination in Central Vietnam, and is around a 14 hour train journey from Hanoi. Because of our recent journeys we decided to cheat and take the plane (1 hour). More expensive, but sounded much more appealing, but as Tash's sister says we are 'flash packing' after all. On arriving in Danang (the gateway city for Hoi An) we were instantly hit with the heat (in the same way it does on a summer holiday). We also joked about how ...

Who stole Tam Coc? We are approaching that point where I will stop talking about redoing stuff I have already done! I really wanted to go back to Tam Coc in Ninh Binh. They call it the Halong Bay inland because of the karsts. You get on a boat, and are rowed down a river by ladies using their feet rather than arms. They may also be some of the happiest people in the world! We booked the day trip, visited some temples to add to my temple count and then stopped o...

Cafe Trung There have been two times in my life that I have consumed egg. Once today and the other in the exact same place back in 2011. My friend Darren laughed some 25 months ago at the cup of traditional egg coffee placed in front of me because it contained my favourite thing (coffee) and most hated (egg). Coming back to Hanoi I knew I would have to visit the same establishment, mainly because it's secret location is amazing and also it had to be something Ta...

Loosing Personal Spacings I hadn't planned to write anything today, how eventful could a 11 hour train journey be back to to Hanoi? Our journey started at 7:30am with a hours transfer back to Loa Cai station. Many people would fit into this mini bus, which would become the theme for the rest of the day. Those little tiny plastic seats become very useful for squeezing an extra 3/4 people in. We had got our hotel to arrange our train travel back to Hanoi - we wo...

CatCat Trekking CatCat is one of the close by villages that you can get to without a guide, a good pair of feet and a couple of hours to spare. The trek takes you 250m down the slopes, we had read a lot about it being a tourist trap and constant hassle to buy things but I didn't think it was that bad. After about 1600m you reach a waterfall, we had found some advice from a previous traveller to break away from the main trail and follow the water into a meadow. T...