We arrived in Hue at about 4.00pm after the day tour of the DMZ very tired. Luckily we didn't have to bother looking for a room as the tour guide from Dong Ha had recommended us a hotel and we were dropped off right outside. We literally dumped our bags and went in search for food, (a fairly expensive curry) but it was really nice. Our first impressions of Hue was that it was a very touristy place and there didn't seem to be any sign of vietnemese culture anywhe...

We payed for a night bus to Hue as the picture of the bus made it look really nice and we thought that it had to be better than the night buses in India, well it was better but we still didn't get that much sleep. I was ok, i had a bed in the middle of the bus and although i couldn't stretch my legs out i was relatively comfy. Matthew on the other hand was not. There were only 2 beds left and being such a nice boyfriend he let me have the one where i would get a ...

From Hanoi we took a local bus to Ninh Binh, thats after we got ripped off by a meter taxi who took us 10 kilometres out of our way so he could get a bigger fare! The bus journey took about 2 hours, but i think it took 45 minutes to get out of the bus station! We chose Ninh Binh because it was off the tourist route and sounded as beautiful as Halong bay. On the way there the scenery was fantatic with paddy fields everywhere and as we reached Ninh Binh we saw the ...

As we are short on time we decided to go on a day trip to Halong bay as we had been told that it was a 'must see' place and although we hate tour groups thought that we best put up with other tourists for one day so we could see it. Our hotel kept hassling us to book a tour through them to Halong bay, so we shopped around and they did end up being the cheapest so we booked with them. It was an early start so we got up expecting someone to be up so we could have ...

The flight from Vientiane was painless enough, it was delayed by a couple of hours but the airport was ok so no problem. Our bodies had a bit of a shock when we got off the plane though, going from 32 degrees to 15 degrees in the space of an hour is not good! Our first impressions of Vietnam was that it was similar to India in a lot of ways with everyone feeling the need to honk their horn for no apparent reason, men pissing in the street at any available opportu...