The day after Halong Bay we took an overnight trip to Sapa. We got on the bus at 7 in the morning and arrived in Sapa around 1.30pm. The bus was so comfortable and had reclining seats and blankets so we slept most of the way. We were taken to our hotel when we arrived and then headed out for lunch at a local restaurant. We met our tour guide at 3pm and he took us around Cat Ba village, it was so so pretty and it was interesting to meet the locals and see how they...

We took a day trip to Halong Bay the day after we arrived in Hanoi. It was a long drive, around 4 hours, and from there we took a boat around the Bay. We stopped at a cave and our guide gave us a tour around it. It was discovered around 22 years ago and has been made now so that tourists can access it. We then got on the boat again and carried on to our next stop where we rented kayaks and kayaked around the bay and into caves. It was a lot of hard work but it wa...

At 4am on Friday we arrived in Ninh Binh. It was pitch black and we had to walk down deserted roads with no lights to find our hostel. It was very scary but we managed to find it in the end. We checked into the room and slept for a bit and then spent the day looking around the area. We also booked a tour for the next day. The next morning we were picked up by motorbikes at 10am and we went to bust Trang An. We took a 2 hour boat ride around it and it was beautif...

We only stayed in Hue for one night. We arrived on the Wednesday at midday and then straight away did a half day bus tour. We went and visited some of the main emperor tombs which were really cool and pretty and then we took a boat down the river back to the town. The next day we went and visited the citadel. It is the ruins of the main city of hue where the emperor used to live. It's been slightly restored for tourists but it was interesting to learn about and...

We arrived in Hoi An on the morning of the 29th at 7am. As it was too early to check in we took a walk into the old town. Hoi An is well known for its tailors so we had planned to get some clothes made. We went around to a few to get prices and settled on one where I was getting a maxi dress made and Kerry was getting a short long sleeved dress made. She took all our measurements and told us to come back at 5pm for our first fitting. We walked around the old town...