We booked a tour through our hostel that took us around Ha Long Bay on a boat. We spent one night on the boat & one night in a hotel. The limstone peaks were really pretty & we also went to see some caves that were really spectacular. We had the option of doing a trek on Cat Ba Island. It was only for 2 hours & everyone was doing it apart from a couple with a baby so we figured it wouldn't be that hard. We felt like Sam & Frodo! The first par...

We booked a tour through our hostel that took us around Ha Long Bay on a boat. We spent one night on the boat & one night in a hotel. The limstone peaks were really pretty & we also went to see some caves that were really spectacular. We had the option of doing a trek on Cat Ba Island. It was only for 2 hours & everyone was doing it apart from a couple with a baby so we figured it wouldn't be that hard. We felt like Sam & Frodo! The first par...

We arrived in Hanoi after a 2 flight on the plane from Hong Kong. The take off was fine, altho we had been warned we may be cruising through skyscapers, it was ok. The landing however, was a different story. We were coming down but there was no runway or airport for that matter! Then when we saw what looked like a runway it was like the pilot changed his mind and went up again. It came down really hard & took ages to break. I wasn't looking but Charlie ...

We're in Hong Kong!! The train journey was about 20 hours & we are starting to get a bit bored of them now but should be the last one for a while as we are getting a flight to Vietnam & I think it is mainly coaches down there. We arrived at about 1.15pm & found our hostel in a taxi - the taxi driver spoke english & drove on the lefthand side of the road! Unfortunately the luck of nice accommodation didn't follow us down here! The hostel is ok but ...

We arrived in Shanghai early on 5th November with nowhere to stay. We found an internet cafe & found a really cheap place just off of The Bund (big sightseeing place) it was on the 19th floor of a really posh hotel & they had converted the whole of that floor into apartments & it looked out over The Pudong where the Oriental Pearl TV Tower is. The comments sounded really good but after the boat cruise we didn't really trust it. However when we got the...