We finally got to Muang Khua, where all the western people on the bus were stopping for the night. Ludivine and I shared a room next to the river for £1 each, we had to share a bathroom too, but that was no biggie. We dropped the bags off and walked around the small town for an hour or two. We'd both brought dollars to Laos so we exchanged them for Kip since Muang Khua doesn't have a cash point. We sorted out some of the people's boat for the next day and how I ...

I walked to the bus station for half 6. When I got on the bus it was packed and I was the only westerner. It was so busy that people were sitting in the aisle. The driver asked a guy to move into the aisle so I could sit down. I felt sorry for him but very thankful. When I sat down people around me shook my hand which relaxed me a little. The bus was the size of a school bus, only seating 21 people. After a while the driver had managed to fit 37 people on board. ...

After checking in I grabbed a quick shower and met up with Trent, one of the Aussies. We went to get some breakfast and talked about what we wanted to do in Sapa. We both had the same idea so after breakfast we did a 12k trek up the mountain-side. Women wearing tribal clothes followed us for ages trying to sell us stuff. I'd heard about them from people we met at Halong bay. So I went down the route of no English. Trent and I were speaking in English but she wasn...

After a small nap we got up and found a massive lake in the city centre. After walking around it we picked up the passports and headed to the Laos embassy to get some visas. The driving is even worse here than anywhere else we have been yet. There's literally millions of mopeds. Crossing the street you take your life in your own hands, as there's just a constant stream of them. The mopeds were also carrying big trees on the back of the bikes. Apparently it's the ...

Nha Trang is a beach town, so the first night we headed down to the sea front. We got some food a few streets back and chilled with a beer. The second day was spent on the beach. We went to a nice bar on the sea front. It was slightly more expensive but well worth the price to use the hammocks and comfy chairs. We headed to some more bars and drank a little too much, with the night ending when the sun came up. The next day we both felt like we'd been hit by a c...