Thursday started early as we got picked up from our hotel to start our 3 day tour. A 3 hour journey with a pit stop at the workshop of handicapped children (i think they must keep them in the back making stuff to sell because i didn't see any) - a highlight of any trip. On arrival at the port we waited for our ship as it pushed it's way inbetween 2 other boats, there's no messing about in Vietnam. On our journey we took in some spectacular views of the tree...

Hello once again people, Here's the story of Hanoi. A brilliant city, with some good night life and i think think the fact we stayed in a really nice hostel helped. On the evening we arrived we didn't do much except get some food and a mandatory beer, then watched a film on the roof top with two English girls - Gemma and Sam, who we became friends with over the next few days and will hopefully be seeing them later on our travels. The drinking got m...