On our last night in Hanoi we had the pleasure of seeing the water puppet show, which was a weird mix of Vietnamese singing and fighting puppets and animals in the water. It had a story behind it but of course this was in vietnamese so we didn't have a clue what we were watching, but it was fun all the same. We had an early start on Sunday and a day of traveling from Hanoi to Bangkok. When we arrived in Bangkok we were pleasantly surprised as we'd heard mixed r...

Halong Bay On Thursday morning we had an early start for our trip to Halong bay. We took a 3 and a half hour bouncy minibus journey down to Halong pier to catch our boat to Halong Bay. On our journey we dicovered the Vietnamese's love for Kareoke.. every other bar in each town that we drove past was a kareoke bar. Also that mopeds pretty much carry/transport anything from a family of 5 to a full size (dead) pig or a tree or anything that can be tied to it!! We ...

Hanoi is a mad place. We checked into the hotel late last night, and crashed straight away ready for today's (Wednesday) madness. The hotel is really beautiful and a real hidden gem within the craziness that is Hanoi. We started out with a walk around Hoan Kiem lake which is a large lake in the centre of Hanoi that has a bridge to a temple in the middle of it. We quickly learnt how to cross a road in Hanoi. It involves being brave and stepping out infront of a se...

When we arrived in Hong Kong it was like arriving in London. Our hotel is amazing and location is great. On our first day we walked to meet a friend that we had been put in touch with. Having Lauren was like having a free personal tour guide. We went for lunch in mid levels, you get there by a random escalator that takes you from the bottom to half way up the peak. After our lunch we headed for the Star ferry which is a way of getting to Kowloon which is on the m...

On Wednesday James and I went to the Science and Technology museum which was really interactive and modern. It was full of Chinese primary school children which was lovely to see... Apparently rock paper scissors is a universal game! We walked around animal world, which was so well made it almost felt like we were in a safari?! It really put our science museum to shame. :o/ We then went to haggle at the AP market which is like a maze! Every other shop looks the...