We arrived half an hour early for our bus to cross the border in to Laos. The bus had been filled with rucksacks, the floor and seats were covered in them and people were sitting on them. We had no choice but to sit on other people's backpacks in the isle. This was the same type of bus as the day before but had 38 people on (20 seats). This easily beat the previous day as the most uncomfortable journey, Kate had to sit on the floor between someone's legs, an all ...

Vietnam ended up being a nice surprise, we had met many travellers that didn't rate it and much preferred the neighbouring countries Loas and Cambodia. We spent our full time in Vietnam and loved it, there was so much to see and do compared to the previous country we were in, Cambodia. We enjoyed our off the beaten track experience in the Mekong Delta, although the food really wasn't up to scratch. We loved the hill stations of Dalat and Sapa and enjoyed explor...

We were welcomed to Sapa's beautiful scenery when we arrived at 6AM. Within seconds the fog blew in and you couldn't see very far at all. Its fog we had never seen before, after walking for a few minutes we realised our hair was soaking wet from it. We managed to find the guesthouse we had booked and jumped straight in to the bed with the heated mattress. Sapa is a hill station in the north of Vietnam, not far from the Chinese border. Once rested we headed out...

We arrived back in Hanoi and headed back to the same hotel. The city was a bit more lively as the main days of Tet had gone but some things still weren't open. We had an early dinner as we hadn't eaten all day, after a shower and rest Pete wanted another one so we went out for our second meal. The following day we visited the museum. This again used to be a prison and was built by the French when they had control of Vietnam. It showed how they held Vietnamese pr...

Because it was new year Hanoi was dead so we headed to Halong Bay. Unfortunately the weather wasn't great, and we had booked onto a boat for two days and one night. Our guide provided the entertainment for the journey there, she was crazy. Apparently related to Adele?! Anyway we checked in and was nicely surprised by our lovely room on the boat. We set sail to Halong bay, the scenery was amazing. Halong bay is made up of nearly 2000 islands that tower out of th...