Vietnam's captial city Hanoi is the first place we visited after arriving in Vietnam. As soon as i arrived i knew this would be a place that i would enjoy. The streets are jam packed with shops, markets, restaurants and bars/pubs. The first thing about Hanoi that cought my attention was the traffic...its unbelievably busy and the majority of traffic is mo-peds, bikes etc. Crossing the road is a mission, there are no gaps in the traffic at all, we soon learnt tha...

The adventure starts in Hong Kong.....we flew from Heathrow on 26th September and arrived in Hong Kong early morning on 27th after a 12 hour flight....which seems like a doddle now when i compare it to the travelling i have done in the last week!! Arrived at the Chung King Mansions after a bus journey from the airport...the name definately doesn't have any resemblance to the rooms!!!! Looking back now the rooms were ok, very clean and seemed safe enough...but th...