Right - I am now in Hue (the map didn't recognise Hue so I have tried to place it myself, so it may not be spot on, or right at all!) We caught a sleeper bus from Hanoi at 6.30pm and arrived at around 8.30am. The seats were fully reclined and comfy enough to sleep which was great - apart from the INSANE driver!! I swear in all I had about 12 near death experiences! Maybe not that bad, but, like all over Vietnamese drivers, he was shocking. But we had munchies, b...

Hello! I am back in the Hanoi bacpackers after a 3 day trip to Halong Bay, about a 3 hour drive away. It was an amazing sight, but typically it was SO overcast and cloudy it didn't do it any justice and when I finally get round to uploading photos i'm sure the reaction from most will be: "great?"!!! We got on a boat that included all our meals. And yes, they were all seafood! the occasional chip and vegetables popped up though which was a relief. I am ...

My first blog from my travels! I am currently in the Hanoi Backpackers hostel which is really nice, apparently it's the nicest hostel a lot of fellow backpackers have stayed in so I am fearful of what's to come...... After an EXTREMELY long trip getting here (12 hours from London - Singapore, 3 hour wait, 3 hours from Singapore - Hanoi) I dumped all my stuff and tried to nap but the humidity here makes it quite hard to nod off and the fan doesnt do it's just wel...