We took another overnight bus to reach Hanoi and if you want the drama of the bus journey, skip to Ben's blog! Arriving in Hanoi at 7am when you're all sleepy, you don't want to put up with the motorbike, taxi and hotel touts that won't leave you alone. We were about 2km from the centre and our coach steward flagged us down a taxi to get to a hostel. We asked the driver how much, he said 'meter', we asked for a guess but wouldn't give us one. 5 minutes into the j...

Ok, so I've been bad and not blogged for 10 days. We are currently in Hanoi, awaiting a 20 hour bus to the Laos. I'll catch up in bits though to break up the last couple of places we've been, starting with Hue and I'll lie about where I am! It took us around 4 hours to reach Hue by bus from Hoi An. After checking out a few hotels we found one for £2.50/each a night which also let you use a nearby swimming pool for free. The swimming pool wasn't great. It's unde...

Hoi An has been my favourite destination in Vietnam so far. It's centre, a listed World Heritage site, has an influence of Chinese and Japanese buildings, with a hint of French thrown in as well. Personally, the little streets with vines hanging from the pastel coloured buildings remind me more of an old town in Spain. The heat here though is something else and can restrict you from exploring the little streets and alleys in the centre. Our £2.50/each per night...

Firstly, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!!!!!!! Our trip on the overnight sleeper bus from Saigon was pretty rough. It was a small bed you got which actually wasn't too bad (not the newest or cleanest but better than a normal upright coach). The problem was the driving and the roads. The number of pot holes were unbelievable. We were being thrown out of our beds, just being in the air most of the time!!! The driver didn't exactly drive slowly either and we were stuck with ...

On Friday we did a boat trip on the Mekong Delta. We went to Unicorn Island to try some traditional honey tea which had honey, lime juice and pollen in it! It was really nice! Also tried some banana whisky which wasn't nice-too strong! It didn't taste like banana's either. We tried some tropical fruits like papaya, jack fruit and dragon fruit. I didn't really like any of them. The papaya was particularly disgusting. It tasted like cheese. Bad cheese. There was tr...