Well, what a busy couple of days it's been! We will try and remember best we can. Wed - well we only just made the 7.20am bus to Haiphong we didn't pay (the woman at the kiosk just shouted at us!) but we were ushered on to the bus and hoped for the best. After 3 hours on the bus during which we managed to sleep (and buy but not recieve a ticket) we arrived in Haiphong where we were transfered to another bus. Now, our LP book said that we'd get a boat from the har...

Hello everyone, Steph's taking a nap so I thought I'd just update the blog quickly. The hostel we're staying in at the moment has free internet so it's easy to do, might not always be the case. We've been to Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum which was well worth the 20p entry. Seeing a dead body with a military guard was a bit odd the the building itself is very impressive. Also been to Museum of Ethnology. If anyone's reading this and is planning a trip to Vietnam th...

We're FINALLY here!!!! Honking-happy Hanoi, the absolute number one, top of the pops, first thing you notice is the traffic. There are literally NO rules, pedestrian, bike, car it really doesn't matter, you can use what ever part of the pavement or road you can fit on. There are traffic lights but no one pays attention to them and pedestrian crossings don't get a go anyway! To cross the road you literally walk out and bikes drive around you. I've tried to ta...