From Hanoi we went to Halong Bay for two nights, on the way there we met three guys from England on the bus, so we travelled with them for a few days, Alex, Lee and Tom if you are reading this I hope the rest of your travels are fantastic and it was great meeting you. Halong City is pretty s*** so we got a boat to Cat Ba island which is the biggest island in Halong, along the way we stopped at a stalagmite cave It was really amazing and Halong Bay is just breath ...

Yay we have just come off our last 13 hour night bus journey, it was crazy, the driver was a nutter again and every time he swerved it was as if the bus grew legs and did the bloody tango, a few times I actually prayed to the stars because I honestly thought I would find myself flying through the window, especially being on the second bunk. The driver stopped once for dinner at a very local restaurant, the chairs were kids chairs they were tiny, anyway I was hu...

I am so happy to say that my opinion has changed for the better, the first places we stopped in Vietnam were cities and I think the city folk are just a bit aggressive and different, we are now in Hoi An and I have fallen in love with the place, it is what I imagined Vietnam to be like and I think its such a sweet little town, yes the Vietnamese can get really annoying but that is just to be expected. The old town is so cute with old style houses and sweet litt...

We went on a boat tour around some islands, but I must say that it was nothing spectacular and to be honest stuck on a tiny boat like sardines in can is not really my type of fun, but as the day went on it got a bit better, especially when we all had to jump in the sea with a float and were fed a very lethal potent wine from a Vietnamese guy who looked just like Mr Miyagi, he was so funny, and decided to pick on Darren and I and make us do shots with this wine....

"Good Morning Vietnam"!! Yay so we finally arrived it was great getting off the bus and we were both so excited about Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City was a really nice surprise, we just did not know what to expect and both had an idea of poverty, and loads of beggars and just a dirty place, but we were mistaken, the city was buzzing and had some lovely shops and restaurants. it's a very built up city and fairly clean and not as many beggars as Cambodia or T...