When we woke up we headed downstairs to have breakfast which is included in the price of the room. We had a baguette, omelette and strawberry jam. Once we finished we went back up to the room to pack together out bags. We checked out at 11:00 and left our bags in a small room near reception and chilled on our ipads until our taxi came to take us to the airport at 13:00. We said goodbye to the sweet girl at reception who always threw us a peace sign to say goodm...

We were woken up by the sound of a radio station tuning into it's frequency. I think the train played it to wake everyone up as we pull into Hanoi train station. I gathered my things, put on my trainers and stepped off the train and out to the exit. I had assumed we would arrive later than expected, as usual but we got in at 05:30, so early! We weren't sure if we were getting picked uo and taken to our hotel but it seemed doubtful so we went outside to ask a taxi...

As soon as we woke up we headed downstairs to use the wifi and book our trip to Sapa. The girl at the desk is very sweet and came over to the table bringing us coffee while talking us through the details. We booked three nights/ two days at sapa doing the "easy trekking experience". Two of the nights included will be spent on a sleeper train travelling from hanoi to Lai Cao and vice versa. The trip includes an english speaking tour guide, breakfast, lunch and din...

When the bus pulled into Hanoi i was still sleepy and had to prod Daniel to wake up. A man approached us advertising his hotel with an elevator and air conditioning in a good area of town for $15 so when we got off the bags and grabbed our backpacks we got on the back of two motorbikes and drove to the hotel where we received a warm welcome. We got inside the lift and the boss showed us our room which was amazing, hotel quality. We have a flat screen television a...