21st September With sad faces we left Hue today, a place that we both loved. We booked the train to Da Nang, we were slightly gutted as we had heard the motorbike tour was a wonder to experience over this stretch of land, oh well, maybe next time. The train itself was not dissimilar to the hogwarts express and took us through the mountains to Da Nang. We met a nice Vietnamese guy who was telling us stories of his beautiful country and took us for an ice coffee i...

17th September 2013 So another leg of the journey, another sleeper bus, this time, quite possibly the worst sleeper bus imaginable. The bus was filled with insects, dirty blankets seat belts that didn't work (when you're on a top bunk this is very much a problem) and one hell of a crazy driver. Needless to say we didn't get much sleep... 18th September So it's raining as we arrive in Hue although we were greeted at our hotel with amazingly smiley faces and a b...

12th September A 50 minute flight to Hanoi with Carly's request to be moved to business class refused and we arrive in Vietnam. Thank god we booked a transfer to our hostel, our first experience of having our name on a board! Hanoi is crazier than crazy, it's flipping nuts! Moped drivers everywhere weaving in and our of taxi's, horns being beeped everywhere, we spent the entire journey to our hostel with our hands covering our eyes and some odd screech noises co...

New blog entry 30th August Bangkok to Chaing Mai So the night train to Chaing Mai surpassed all of our expectations, after reading reviews on the Internet, we were both worried about the conditions and the safety of the train (Gemma you would have been proud of our snobbish ways!) but it turned out to be amazing. We have now decided to approach all modes of transport with an air of caution in the hope that we will be pleasantly surprised as we were during the t...

5th September The start of our 3 day journey begins with a 6 hour bus ride to Chaing Kong. The luxury of an air con bus with only 4 people in it was well received by us! We met Anna from Sweden and Bas from Holland in our last hostel and decided to travel together. During the bus journey we stopped to see the White Temple in Chaing Rai. It is by far the most stunning temple we have both seen, and by now we have seen plenty! With its modern white walls, sparkling...