Friday, the train to Hanoi only took 3 hours, by time we found a hotel it was 17:30, we quickly freshened up then went for a Indian... Delicious! Saturday we were up early to visit Uncle Ho! We went to the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum which was very strange, we stood in a long queue of Vietnamese people paying their respects and few tourists. The rules of the queue were enforced by a number of guards, visitors must be silent, and walk in two lines, hands must not be i...

Tuesday we arrived in Ninh Binh at 3:30 am, we walked very zombiefied to our accommodation and went to bed! We woke at 11:00 and freshened up then headed into town for some food, we found a cafe which had reviews stating 'almost good quality Western food' which we found entertaining and the fact that the review was true was even more comical! After, we walked to the supermarket for some supplies, Ninh Binh has very little tourists so the locals love to stare and ...

Wednesday we boarded our train, we had a little cabin with 6 beds, like trio bunk beds, so it was the 5 of us and a Vietnamese lady. As soon as the train started we tucked into our snacks then played cards before clambering into our beds, putting our ear plugs in and off to sleep we went. Thursday, CHUC MUNG NAM MOI VIETNAM, we were all quiet surprised with how well we actually did sleep and weren't woken until about 7 and even then stayed in bed snoozing until...

Wednesday we got back to Ho Chi Minh at 17:00, we had showers and stuck our clothes in the wash. Kate and Max's friends Talia and Mark came round for tea, we had pizza and played lots of games of cards and charades. Thursday we had a bit of a lie in then spent the rest of the morning on the sofa waiting for Kate and Max to come home for lunch, we had paninis. After Kate and Max returned to work we made a trip to the supermarket to get some supplies, when we ret...

Tuesday we set off at 8:00 for our organised group trip to the Mekong Delta, on route we stopped off to view some big buddha statues then finally arrived in the Mekong at midday. The Mekong Delta is a region in southwestern Vietnam where the Mekong River approaches and empties into the sea through a network of distributaries. As soon as we arrived we swapped to a boat and sailed across to what they called Tortoise Island. We walked around the island and got a fee...