We decided to fly to Phuket from Chaing Mai in the North.After looking at the prices it was a similar cost but we preferred the idea of a 90 minute flight over 22 hours on buses!We got into Phuket at around midnight on 2 November and thankfully the hostel had arranged an airport pick up for us which meant we just jumped straight into a car and off to our hostel rather than having to try and haggle a price at that time of night as we were both shattered. There ...

Arrived in Chiang Mai at 7am, and got a Tuk Tuk straight to our hotel.The hotel seemed lovely and our room was ready even though we weren't due to check in for another 4 hours!We went to sleep for a while and then spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing at the hotel. I (Laura) went for a massage at the hotel to help my back (great excuse) and Craig chilled by the pool.Its definitely cooler here than Bangkok, though it's still around 30degrees! That night we got ...

We had an early start on our way to Bangkok - had to leave Hanoi at 5:30 so it was another start before 5am - stinking!!Our morning was made slightly better though as Jack, even though he had already left with the tour group, had arranged for a takeaway breakfast for the 3 of us (Me and the 2 Laura's) - what a legend! No problems at the airport and we arrived in Bangkok at around 10am on 22 October.We jumped on the shuttle bus from the airport which dropped ri...

We left our lovely hotel at 8.30am for the 4 hour journey back to Hanoi, the capital, and our last stop on our tourL.The bus stopped halfway for a rest break at this large tourist/souvenir centre which sold everything from jewelry to paintings, to massive stone sculptures, all of which were made by disabled people right there.It was class, so many beautiful things, and they shipped world-wide! For like $300, so of course, as usual, we bought nothingL. We arriv...

We had both been waiting for this one since we arrived in Vietnam, actually since we booked the trip.As we had to change our itinerary because of flooding in Northern Vietnam we were up at 4:45 to catch an early flight from Hue to Hanoi.The airport at Hue was small and not that busy so we got through very quickly and the flight was no problem - only about an hour.Jack had arranged a private bus for us at Hanoi airport which took us straight to Ha Long Bay which w...