Our first night bus actually went pretty smoothly! After watching a couple of films we both settled down to sleep at around 11pm. I slept through till the bus stopped to drop some people off at 4am and then slept a bit more until just before we were dropped off at 7am. Shane didn't get quite as much sleep as I did, but luckily when we arrived at our hotel we were able to check in at 9.30, so didn't have to wait too long to go to our room where Shane had a bit of ...

After breakfast this morning we finished packing and checked out. We had a whole day to kill before our night bus so we decided to check out some of the places we still haven't seen in Hanoi. We started by walking to where the b52 in the lake actually is! It was quite a walk but with the help of maps.me we found it pretty easily! It was quite cool to see and we walked around taking some photos before trying to find our way back out to the Main Street and the bot...

We were up early this morning for our trip to Halong Bay! After a quick breakfast, we grabbed our stuff from our room and waited to be picked up from reception. The bus arrived about 8.15 and we started the 4 hour drive to Halong. Both of us managed to sleep for the first half before the rest stop. After another hour and a half drive we finally arrived just after midday. We were so lucky with the weather, as it has been cold and cloudy since we arrived in Vietna...

We decided to book another couple of nights, which gives us a day extra than we had planned. This meant today we could take some time out and not really do much! We bought some North Face coats on our first day in Hanoi and we had some other stuff so we decided to visit the post office. We walked around to the other side of the lake and managed to find it pretty easily! After filling in a lot of forms and squeezing the stuff into the small box we were given, we ...

We ended up having a pretty civilised night for Shane's birthday. We had a few drinks at a nearby hostel where we met a couple of people then headed off for some food and drinks. Everything in Hanoi closes around 12pm, and we couldn't be bothered to find the ones that stay open so headed back earlier than we had expected. This meant we were able to get up and do some cultural things today! We started by going to hunt down the lake where a b52 had crashed during ...