Halong Bay: On the way up to Hanoi, I took the local bus up to Halong Bay where I became an english teacher to a few on the busy & they tried to teach me a few phrases in Vietnamese that would help for bargaining in the market. The boat trip in Halong Bay was great. The view itself was amazing & the group on the boat was lots of fun. The trip was relaxing as there wasn't much to do other than hanging out on the boat, eating, the occasional kayak trip &...

I continued my travelling northwards through Vietnam. The travel throught Vietnam will be relatively rushed as my Visa is only for 2 weeks and there is a lot to see so unfortunately had to skip a few areas that I wanted to see. In Vietnam there are many overnight buses which helps with the time schedule although you can't always get much sleep. The travel is better than Laos & Cambodia but it's hard to get sleep when the drivers constantly honk the horns. The...

Ho Chi Minh City: This is by far the busiest city I've seen up to now. It's very chaotic & loud since people honk their horns every 2 minutes around here. THere are 6 lanes of traffic & no crosswalks...or they're ignored. The first time jay-walking is quite scary & is usually done by having a local drag you across with them or by a traffic security officer that will eventually go out into the street to stop traffic to allow the dozens of tourists who ...