After familiarising ourselves to the beach life of Hoi An and Nha Trang respectively, we knew that we probably weren't getting the most out of our Southern Vietnamese experience and therefore had to pry ourselves away from the sand and sea in order to really see what this country has to offer. We had an idea of taking an 'Easy-Riders' motorbike tour at some point along the way, which is where you ride a motorbike (or jump on the back of a guide's bike) and...

After our few days in Hanoi which consisted mainly of sampling more tasty new foods and drinks as well as dodging crazy traffic whilst checking the local sights, we booked ourselves along with and Matt & Jess, our new found friends, onto a two night/three day boat trip to Ha Long Bay, which was definitely one on the things-to-do-list. We woke up early to catch a long & bumpy bus journey to the coast, consisting of a few 'unscheduled' stops to try and sell...

So, as we mentioned in the previous chapter, leaving Hong Kong was very tough for us. It has surpassed all expectations and has even overtaken Brugge as the best place we've visited on our trip so far. But as we already have our Vietnamese visa's it meant that there was a schedule to keep and therefore we needed to move on. In order to continue our trip across China towards Guilin we could only take a train from Shenzhen, which is the city directly above Ho...