Finally had a bit of a lie in. Both woke up with sore heads though - not drinking enough water and perhaps too much beer last night. We all met for breakfast this and then went for a walk to the Old Quarter. Oh and it's finally very sunny for us! Not too warm either, just right. In the Old Quarter they have small areas, like maybe a street, that only sells one type of thing e.g. Toys or shoes or bags. And there's loads of them. It's quite good if you are lookin...

Alarm went off at 6.20 this morning! Had to make sure we were packed and got some breakfast, then be ready to leave at 7.45am. Today's tour is the one we've been looking forward to most for Vietnam! Took a very short mini bus ride to the dock and jumped aboard our junk boat (no idea why they are called junk boats, it's just a wooden boat...). The sun was trying to get out so it was lovely sat out on the top deck and catching a few rays - we're still as pasty whi...

Woke up at about 9am - didn't sleep that bad actually. Got a bit cold during the night so shoved my hoody on, then this morning it was really warm. Therese slept well too. Couldn't wait to get off the train though at 9.30am...no, no delayed until 12.30pm!!! So, finally arrived in Hanoi, and then had to get a mini-bus for a 4 hour drive to Halong... Long and tiring day. We checked into Ha Long Hotel and had an our to get sorted, then went out for some food. Wen...

Up at 7.30am and didn't have the best nights sleep. The room wasn't brilliant - floor in the bathroom was wet, from the hose that they use instead of toilet paper, and everything in the room felt damp. We couldn't be bothered changing rooms last night though because we were too tired. Packing and unpacking the backpack is getting very tedious too. So, not a good start to the day. But we soon had a smile on our face when today's tour started! Motorcycle tour (as ...

We took a mini bus to Hue today for 3 hours. Some nice scenery again, but it's raining! Went out for some lunch at Ushi - apparently the owner, who also served us, is famous in Holland and a couple of the people from Belgium who are in our group also know her. She used to present a TV program similar to Denis Penis. It stopped raining, so we thought we'd make the most of it and go see the Forbidden City. It's similar to the one we went to in Beijing but not as ...