Hello everyone, So, on Saturday 13th August we got a taxi from Hoi An to Da Nang train station where we caught the sleeper train to Nha Trang. Unfortunately we booked our tickets too late so had to settle for the 'hard sleeper' option which consisted of 6 bunks in a cabin as opposed to 4. We were also annoyed about the fact that the hotel had obviously ripped us off on the tickets. The beds were comfortable enough but it was pretty cramped, especially as we were...

Hello everyone, On Wednesday 10th we got the bus from Hue which took around 4 hours to get to Hoi An. The scenery was nice along the journey and we went through what felt like the longest tunnel ever. When we arrived we were persuaded to book a room in the hotel owned by the bus company. It was actually really nice and had a pool (!!) which was the best thing ever. It felt as though we'd arrived on holiday just because of that. We spent most of the rest of the d...

Hello everyone, Yeh, i'm getting really behind now! So we left Hanoi on Saturday 6th August on the sleeper train to Hue. Weirdly we bumped into the same guys we crossed the border between Thailand and Laos with who were getting on the same train. We arrived in Hue the next morning and headed to our hotel. We then decided to get a cyclo taxi over to the market across the river where we had a little wander around. Some of the sellers were quite persistent in tryi...

Hello everyone, Afer our trip to Ha Long Bay we were taken back to Hanoi where we spent another day of sight seeing. Firstly we headed to the military museum. The main attraction was the American planes, helicopters and tanks which were apparently captured during the war. We also checked out all of the various exhibits such as the one about agent orange and other ones about the wars with the French and the Americans. A lot of the information was very bias in fa...

Hello everyone, So on the Thursday before last (the 4th) me and Ryan set out on our tour of Ha Long Bay. We splashed out a bit on this one because I'd read not to go for one of the cheapo options, also because I didn't want the boat to sink! The tour lady at our hotel was really helpful and it turned out we ended up on a really good tour! It took about 3 and a half hours to arrive at the harbour where you board the boat. It was pretty busy there, it was full of ...