23rd-27th April Koh Lanta We got the boat from Phi Phi to Koh Lanta at 11am with the girls. We went to a hotel that a guy was advertising on the ferry. It turned out to be a great deal-cheap!! We rented a mo-ped and went to look round to see what there was to do. It looked like it would be a pretty chilled out few days but we did find an restaurant with an amazing view. We spent these days, by the pool, watching the O.C and also the Man U vs. Spurs match. On ou...

Left at 8.30 for Hanoi, and arrived at 12.30pm. We went straight for a walk with everyone past the HoChiMinh mausoleum and a statue of Lenin. We later found out that a Russian diplomatic car that we saw, and official looking visit taking place at the mausoleum was infact a meeting between Russian officials and the Vietnamese president to further trade agreements and defence information. We took lunch in a western style bakery, which was much more expensive than w...

17th-23rd April Koh Phi Phi Our journey to Phi Phi started at 4am on the 17th and we arrived after 2 boat rides and a long bus ride, at 11am. We had booked the Phi Phi Casita through agoda so we had someone meet us at the docks and wheel our bags through the labyrinth walkways of Phi Phi's centre. Ran into George and 3 other guys and watched Man U- Man City before bed. The 18th we went and collected Chloe and Josie from the docks and dumped their bags in our ro...

We woke up at 4am on Billy's birthday on the sleeper train. We got off the train in Hanoi and got straight onto a bus that would take us to Halong Bay along possibly the bumpiest road communism ever created. And that was one thing noticeable on the drive, that the buildings, vehicles, and industrial presence was more what we'd expected from a communist country, that had so far seemed to be a huge believer in capitalism. Plus it was raining.We arrived at the hotel...

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