After having to bribe the bus driver in Nha Trang $10 each to get us on a bus that would leave the day we wanted and finding out we were being brought there by minivan packed with more people than space and not the sleeper bus we had paid for; we where not in the best of moods! The drive to Da Lat did not feel the safest. I woke up after a nap to the boys warning me not to look out of the window! There was no visibility out of the front window and we were driving...

Beaches, bars, Valentines Day and Vinpearl We arrived 2 hours earlier in Nha Trang at 4am homeless and tired. After checking a few hotels and getting the wave of no room in the inn we took refuge in 24 hour bar Oasis Bar & Restaurant. It was the perfect base serving food (I got eggs benedict and Luke got the Oasis salad), drink and a tv playing films. Once the sun came up Neil did the rounds looking for anywhere to stay! Nothing! Then finally we found a plac...

Têt in the Land of lanterns Hoi An was a beautiful place. A river ran through the old quarter filled with old wooden boats and people offering you hour boat rides. The cutest wrinkled old ladies in triangle bamboo hats sold fruit from their baskets. Mopeds and motorbikes still whizz and beebed past you like Hanoi but it was a much quainter calmer place to stroll around. With massive French influenced buildings and a fantastic cafe and restaurant culture. I had ...

Short stop in Hué (Hway) We didn't want to be stuck in Hué over Têt so we only stayed the night. After a 14 hour sleeper bus we were all pretty tired but as we couldn't check in till 12pm we decided to explore what Hué had to offer. It was a really hot morning but we strolled around the Old Quarter and visited the Citadel. The entrance fee was 80,000 dong and you could walk around the grounds where once only royalty was only allowed. A lot was being rebuilt ...

Castaway Island After much deliberating between the $200 2 nights 3 day castaway tour or the $60 1 night Halong Bay Tour with the loveliest Aussie girls Liv & Nat a message with from Luke & Josh's mate meant we chose the Castaway option. It was 100% not in the slightest worth the cost but we had a bloodly brilliant time because of the great group of people we met and partied with! For $200 you got food a bed, coach to Halong Bay and boat to the private ...