The night bus to Sapa was just fine. I had a bit less space than I normally had because I packed my small backpack already with the stuff I needed for the homestay and the trekking. We arrived around 06:30 at our hotel and had a breakfast buffet (!). I had a field day on the crepes, toasted buns and baked potatoes with cheese. The view was stunning, with the sun rising from behind the mountains and clouds hanging in the valley. After the breakfast I had a shower ...

When we got back from Halong Bay, Philipp and I walked towards our hostel. We had one day left together in Hanoi, since P was not able to extend his visa because of the holidays around the new year celebrations. He booked a flight on the 5th to go to Bangkok again. We slept in and decided to walk around to see where we wanted to go. I wanted to see the mausoleum of Ho Chi Minh, the president that passed away and is preserved in a glass case. When we walked towar...

Before I start with the next story, I would like to invite you to have a look at the following link! Daan made a video of our time together and it is a masterpiece! Put the following site in your browser and enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgydZYS1iZ4 After being dropped off in Halong, we went looking for a hotel to stay. This was not as easy as we hoped since we could not find hotels that were open in the area. After about half an hour we checked in at ...

Paradise Cave

So when we were dropped off at our hotel we first took a shower and after that we gathered information on the possibility to go to the Paradise Cave on the 30th and catch the night bus to Hanoi on the same day. Some told us that we could not to that, some people told us it was possible but asked a crazy amount of money. We needed to choose between either the Paradise Cave or NYE in Hanoi. We decided to stay, spend some days in Hue and go to the cave as soon as po...