I got up early to do the National Park tour all dressed ready for a day of adventuring. We left at 8.45 on a minibus to drive the Ho Chi Minh trail and highway 20 which had beautiful scenery all mountainous and green. Our tour guide was great and told us some really interesting information. During the Vietnam war America would try to bomb the surroundings here in order to block the trail which was 20000 km in air, land and sea leading to both Laos and the Philip...

Having arrived in the middle of the night in Phong Nha we chilled at Easy Tiger Hostel until we were able to check in, laying on sofas and hammocks. The hostel is really nice and offers tours of the Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park - one of which we plan to do tomorrow and I'm so excited! Natalie, a Swedish girl called Ellie and I walked down the street and caught a long boat to see Phong Nha cave. It was so funny because the three of us ended up on a little boat...