Our next port of call was only a short stop over so that we could see the endangered primate centre and a supposedly very nice nationla park. We found one decent hotel and to be honest that was about it! A barking dog, street lights that went mental and thats about it, we found one restuarant at the only posh hotel (3 star) in the area (thank god we werent staying long!)The best day however was the day tour to Cuc Phong national park, where we got to see the endn...

Our 7am arrival into Hanoi after the over night bus journey truly introduced us to Vietnamese city life. 30 Moto drivers all queueing up and vying for our attenition. We found a dude to our liking and got on a moto he showed us to a resonable hotel and we settled in for a well deserved sleep. We saw the famous hanoi water puppets which was very impressive they have a traditional band snd the puppeteers are behind a big screen and they make the puppets dnce on a ...

After that bus journey we were shattered, by the time we got a bed we went straight to sleep.Once awake showered and refreshed we went for a walk round. Within 200m we had been offered what felt like a million moto's and 2 million cyclo tours of one hour around the city (all of which we declined as we'd had enough excitement for one day!)We found a small restaurant and sat down to eat. The man who worked here, Minh, was so nice and helpful that we found by the ti...

Time to say goodbye to Laos & cross over the border into Vietnam. The only travel option available to us was the public bus...so thats whats we were stuck with. We got on board the old beat up bus, had to fight for a seat and dumped our bags at the rear...which for some strange reason was empty, the bus only having 20 seats at the front. After 40 people piled onto the bus we soon discovered why when they began to pack the rear with boxes of what appeared to b...

Supposedly the most beautiful place in Laos, surrounded by the mighty Mekong river they are a collecton of small islands near to the Cambodian border. Our first night brought us to Don Khong where we checked into a bargain room, was a really nicely decorated comfy place and it was bliss! Sit on the balcony upstairs and read whilst the sun is setting with a beer Lao. We met a couple (Sarah and Simon) on the boat over and it happened to be Sarah's birthday so we w...