Week 6: Vietnam (Hanoi) Day 6 And relaxxxxxx! Today we had promised ourselves a chilled day as we were beginning to look and feel like zombies. We had a lay in and then decided to go for a stroll to the market round the corner from our hostel. The market is held inside and is full of everything you could ever need, parts of it was touristy and the rest was like a local market. We both managed to do a bit of bartering and come away with some bargains. After we w...

Week 6: Vietnam (Halong Bay) Day 5 Waking up on the boat was incredible. We had both had such a good sleep and it was so peaceful. We were up at 7 ready for breakfast, which certainly didn't disappoint. Yet again they provided us with a feast with toast, eggs and lots of fruit. We then had to pack away our stuff and headed out on the small boat to the pearl farm. We absolutely loved the pearl farm, it was so interesting! We had a guided tour round the farm an...

Week 6- Vietnam (Halong Bay) Day 4 So today our alarm went off at 6.45am and we were up preparing for our overnight boat trip to Halong Bay. We were hoping for a lay in today, however, sleeping is cheating so up we got! We had breakfast included with our room so we headed down to the dining area. I had a fried egg baguette and Gem just had jam and toast, she isn't feeling top great today unfortunately. As always the bus was about 30 minutes late in true Asian st...

Week 6- Vietnam (Hanoi) Day 3 This morning was probably the most tired we have been since starting our travels. We were absolutely shattered yet had to be up for our flight to Hanoi. When we went to check out we asked the man if he had spoken to the tour operator about our complaint the previous night. We weren't too pleased about paying the full amount when they had sold it to us as an English speaking tour yet the guide spoke Vietnamese 95% of the time so we ...

Week 6- Vietnam (Hue) Day 2 Another early start for us this morning up at 6:45am for our tour of Hue City. Our first stop was the old citadel (Hue Imperial City) which is a walled fortress and a palace in the former capital of Vietnam. The grounds were absolutely huge. The Vietnam flag was on one of the main buildings, the Vietnam flag is red with a yellow star, the red represents the blood lost in the war and the yellow represents the Vietnamese skin colour. Th...