So I arrived in Hanoi on Sun 6th morning at 07.30am, I was quite pleased as managed to sleep really well on the 13 hour sleeper bus so felt quite rested which good. Hostel didnt arrive to pick us (Roxanne Chloe and I) up on arrival though even though we had pre arranged that, so that was a pain, again lots of taxi drivers trying to get your custom. But we sat tight and waited for the hsotel to come, took an hour and a few phonecalls, but was afree lift so we thou...

So after a very wet day in Hoi An I left at 1.30pm and took a bus to Hue. a 3 hour bus ride. I was pretty wet on the bus from the day in Hoi An so was quite a wet sticky ride, yuk. 2 english girls who were staying in my hsotel in hoi an were also getting the same bus to Hue, Chloe and Roxanne so was nice to have company. It was a sleeper bus though, so was really comfy with big reclining seats so that made it better. The roads were SOO windy at points, literally ...

Arrived at Da Nang airport Wed 2 Nov 11.30am ish. My hostel were due to collect me at the airport but did not show up! So I stood waiting for a while, ended up sharing a taxi thankfully with 2 english guys into the town of Hoi An after bargaining down the price a bit of course. We had some lunch toegther then near my hostel which was nice and they then headed off to their hostel. My hostel 'Hop Yen hostel' is around a fiver a night for private ensuite room with f...

So the journey from Sihanouckville to Ho Chi Min city was intersting!! Left Sihanouckville on Sun 30th October early morning and within minutes of leaving on the bus we were caught up in a protest! There were people bloicking the roads holding up signs and police there with guns and tv crews etc. I gathered from some people that it was to do with the government reclaiming some land from the cambodians who lived there, so they decided to cause havoc and block the ...