I have just got back to Hanoi from my 3 day boat trip around Halong bay. Talk about saving the best place to last - Halong bar was beautiful and by far my favourite place in Vietnam. After a 3 hour bus journey to Halong bay we boarded the boat and sailed for the rest of the day around Halong bay taking in the views of the countless islands. The bay was apparently created by a dragon that used to live in the area and the island were created by its tail whilst f...

Well i arrived into Sapa early on Tuesday 28th after my first night train. The night train was interesting, i shared with an English guy which was good until a Vietnamese women arrived (who looked well over 9 months pregnant - so we were pleased she never gave birth during the train journey) unfortunately she stank of fish which made the evening a bit grim. I managed to get a few hours sleep on and off during the night which was useful as I started the first da...

I have had 2 full days in Hanoi now which have been really good. I have had my first cyclo ride around the old quarter of the city, which was interesting albeit a little slow - i am used to the faster motorbike taxi's now lol. The old quarter is really nice, with lots and lots of little streets and alley ways which i managed to get lost in when i went around for a walking tour too. Although i managed to find my way back to the hotel eventually. I met up with ...

I had a early start this morning after last nights "get pissed on a pound" attempt. Unfortunately we failed, mainly as a result of the street restaurants closing and Hoi An flooding a little bit restricting our access to the cheap pubs!! Although i "got pretty jolly on 1 pound 20p" instead. After a 4 hour bus journey to Hue, where the scenary was amazing apparently, i say apparently because i was asleep for the majority of the journey as it...

I have just finished my last day in Hoi An and it has een such a nice area. I feel like i am broke however now as i have sepent a fortune on clothes and shoes which i posted back to the UK today. I am pretty chuffed with all the purchases though, apart from one jacket which i dont really like. I still can't believe how many tailors there are in Hoi An - at least 300 in a town the population of 70,000. I also spent one day on the motorbike as well, we hired ...