Well the overnight train was fun... Not! The trains are so old they are so bumpy, we both didn't sleep much at all! Anyway made it safely to Sa pa where we were taken to our hotel, we had a shower in the grottiest room ever (quite concerned what our room would be like when we check in later) then met our tour guide for the next few days. Her name was May, she was 17 years old and was a black h'mong person from a village close by. She wore traditional dress and ha...

Its friday night, nannas 97th birthday!!! unfortunately i didn't manage to get her on the phone. Today was a bitsty day, had a looong sleep in, then went and sorted out bookings for ha long bay and sa pa. unfortunately we couldn't get train tickets to sa pa for tomorrow (it's an overnight train) so we ended up booking for tonight. Lucky for us the hotel has been really accommodating (pardon the pun!) and letting us swap nights for later. Found an awesome place fo...

After a whirlwind past few weeks and an amazing wedding day- here we are! Can't believe we actually got the house packed up and work finished amongst getting married- we really should have left more time! We were exhausted but excited as we set off, unlike our last big adventure our plane actually left when it was supposed to this time! We both managed to sleep on the plane and at the airport in Singapore, we were lucky enough to find a relaxing retreat area at ...