Well folks you are in for a short one so dont get your feet up and comfy just yet, I'm afraid there is'nt an awful lot to say about Hanoi. The biggest thing I think we will both remember is how wet and muddy we have been over the past 3 days, boy oh boy is it wet and with the wet you get the mud that seems to appear from no where obvious other than the roads and pavements, we have spent the past 3 days with mud splashed up the backs of our legs and wearing th...

Well after leaving Ninh Binh in a bit of a rush we planned to stay put in Cat Ba for a good few days. Cat Ba is a big Island that sits in and around HaLong bay and LanHa bay, most tourists visiting the bays will be coming on a one or two night boat trip from Hanoi, we were definatly pleased we had decided to stay on the island. North Vietnam seems to have its own climate and season compared to the south and other countries, whilst the south is basking in h...

Sorry guys its that time again, I know its only been a few days but we had an unexpectedly short time in Ninh Binh, I will explain. The sleeper bus was horrendous as always, we were at the back again, no suprises there, but at the bottom this time so we were in what looked like a hole at the back of the bus, there were three seats so Damian got to have some nice night time snuggles with a local man :) When we arrived at 6:30am there was a man from a ho...

Well we are now in Hue which is central Vietnam, it was just a teeny weeny 5 hour bus journey up here and yet again we struck gold with another hotel right where the bus stopped :) Hue is just another big city so busy and still hot, we thought we would be getting cooler but it seems ever since we dragged out our cold clothes the sun has decided to stay with us, the sun and heat seems to be following us, I guess to everyone at home this sounds perfect but f...

so 12 hours on a sleeper bus braught us to Hoi An, they really should be re-named uncomfortable, loud, bumpy buses, very little sleep actually takes place. We arrived in Hoi An veerrry sleepy and in abit of a daze, so when we got off the bus and a lady started her big long script about her hotel and a free shuttle bus to go and see it we just went along with it all with no argument. The hotel is a good 15 minute walk from town which we actually like, we like ...