The room was pitch black when I woke up which was due to there being no window. This means you never know what the time is, could be afternoon for all you know, in this case it was 7am. I felt pretty crap today and the dodgy stomach was now in full swing. I was still hungry however and managed to consume eggs and bread. I assumed this would go down better than noodles at this stage. Our aim today was to get to Sapa, a popular tourist destination situated close ...

Unlike the previous two days the morning was quite dank and overcast. Before breakfast there were sporadic showers which meant breakfast would served inside today. Breakfast included sausage and scrambled egg which was amazing..... and toast as well. Annoyingly, the humidity had shot up horrendously today and I was sweating my face off already. After the food we were given a master class in food carving by the boat's head chef. It was impressive stuff, making two...

Today we woke at about seven ish, I had previously set the alarm for five thirty to catch sunrise but stuck my head out and decided that given the clouds it wasn't really worth the effort. I instead silently closed the door and headed back to bed for another hour or two, I was having such a cosy sleep. We got up at about seven thirty and headed out to sip a coffee on deck... The miners were already up and their usual lively selves so we had a brief chat with th...

Today we woke early very excited as today was the day we were heading for our cruise on Halong Bay, we had thankfully packed last night so this morning we just freshened up and had a coffee before heading for breakfast. I opted for a local dish of pho bo which is a beef noodle soup and was very tasty while Steven had omelette and bread... All washed down with the usual strong Vietnamese coffee. During breakfast Martin served us and briskly said "the maid made a...

Today we woke up refreshed and lovely from yet another cool and comfortable sleep. We headed for breakfast but the restaurant was full so we enjoyed our breakfast initially in the lobby before moving to the restaurant. Here I enjoyed an omelette and Steven beef noodles despite ordering chicken, we were then given a club sandwich instead of pancakes but hey ho... We must have looked like right pigs. After breakfast we resided ourselves to the fact that today we...