No better time then to update my blog, I am currently sat at the airport as our flight has been delayed 14hours! Hope the next 7hours go quickly. The Vietnamese refer to SaPa as the city among the clouds, the surrounding mountains are the highest points in Vietnam. We arrived in the early hours on Thursday morning and were transferred to the Grand View hotel were we had breakfast before meeting our guide for the next couple of days. We embarked at 9am on an 11...

After the culture shock of Hanoi and hours of playing chicken with scooters, Bobbi and I decided to hit the road once more and visit a few of the places that Vietnam is known for. First on the list – Halong Bay. Our 3 day 2 night 'party' cruise included a night on the boat cruising around Halong Bay, a tour to a cave, kayaking, cliff jumping and swimming and then a night on Freedom Island passing through Cat Ba Island along the way. The fifteen person tour sta...

Da Nang in Central Vietnam is one of those backpacking destinations that is unfortunately skipped by so many travellers who find themselves being short on time. Da Nang is only 30 minutes from Hoi An so we decided to make a stop there for a couple of nights. We arrived into the city at 9pm and decided to go for a casual drink in the bar downstairs from the hostel. The bar named 'Alco hole' for a reason but within 10 minutes the place was taken over by a Vietnam...

From Dalat we made our way to the Vietnamese coastal town of Hoi An. We had to take two buses, one 4 hour and one "sleeper" bus which was 12 hours. We definitely had a traumatic journey, we were the westerners put at the back of the bus on the top level. We had to sleep 5 abreast and couldn't lie flat with a bright fluorescent light right above my head, so I managed a whole 20minutes sleep! Arriving early in the morning the first thing I did was book our flight...

After a short steep walk down through pine woods we reached the river and a 14m rappel down a cliff ending in a waist deep section of the river. Great fun. The key was to keep leaning back! And watch for the "Phootooo" After another walk through jungle terrain we arrived at a waterfall, which, with some assistance from the guide we went down on our backs. It looked like it would fracture our spines but after giving it a go we returned for more! It was so much fu...