In the end I had to accept that the scenic mountain route was ambitious. It would have been amazing, but I didn't really want to go it alone. In any case, I really want to come back to Vitenam to do something like this again with a few mates. But this time make sure that everyone buys the right kind of bike! So after that decision, my next move was to get to Nha Trang - me and Josh set off at 13:40 after our early morning appointment with My Son - for which we ...

Oh boy... The last few days have been both seriously fun, incredible and insanely s***e at the same time :( We eventually left Hue - after having to spent an extra day there when 2 bikes gave out again just as we were leaving. The bike fellowship is slowly but surely failing... Spencer's Minsk has died a predictable death and was sent back on a train to Hanoi, where hopefully it will be sold for at least something. So we set out from Hue the day before yesterday...

Wow... The last few days have been absolutely mental. Incredible, Fun, Exhausting, Frustrating and Hilarious. In the end, all four of us: Me (Slotty, 'The Photographer'), Josh (Ice Man, 'The Mechanic'), Nick ('The Comedian') and Spencer (Rouge) all set out together from the infamous Hanoi Backpackers Hostel after taking too long to get ready because of a crazy night the night before :D Infact - our start-out should have been a warning as to how the next couple ...

My word... FINALLYYYYY!! :D I've been in Hanoi for a tad too long and much longer than I was anticipating. But - it has definitely paid off. The original vietnamese guy that I spent a day with and was going to buy the bike off came by to look at the one I've bought. He took it awak to give it a once over and has done wonders to it!! Everything has been fixed, He's welded a frame onto the back so I can put saddle bags there.... and given me the saddle bags. The o...

Okay... finally, hopefully... a respectable sized blog post. :P So I've been in Vietnam/Hanoi for just over one week. I may have already said this but I think this is the only place I've been so far where I can actually see myself living. In fact - it's actually somewhere I'm seriously com ing to live/work for a year at some point... If I can. I've been living with my cousin Kate in her and her boyfriend Jack's cosy cubbyhole of a flat. It's a perfect little...