Hi, it's a real trek down from Hanoi, 12 hours on a sleeper bus, it's ok if your 5 7' but some of the guys were well cramped up. There was over 20 of us from Hanoi backpackers so we all knew each other, theres around 26 beds on the bus. We did pick up a fair few locals on the way and at one point i rolled over to go cheek to cheek with a local lad, not too good for the heart at 01.00am - not a sight both of us expected (or wanted). Decided to kick on through to H...

I'm in day 6 already and i can't believe i have done so much and covered so many miles - by plane, train and automobile (and motorbike!), oh and my legs feel like rubber after a 16Km trek yesterday. Day 1 started with a flight on the new A380, a beast of a plane with over 600 channels of entertainment, a free flowing bar and just 1st class service from Singapore airlines. I whizzed around Hanoi on the first day to take in the 'Hanoi Hilton', the war museum and a...