After yet another early start (I really think this needs to be re-evaluated as part of the tour) we were on our way back to Hanoi. Once again it seemed to take forever to get back. This seems to be a trend here with slow travel from A to B. However, it was also a slightly uncomfortable journey back as they managed to cram over 26 people into a small minibus...folding seats all the way down the aisle so no getting off in an emergency from the back! We arrived ba...

I woke up to a little bit of a shock this morning, after waking up before my alarm and turning over there was the German guy completely naked on his bed, luckily his back was facing me...but still! Everyone seemed quiet at breakfast this morning, those who made it to breakfast that is, I don't recall seeing everyone. Oh well. After breakfast we transferred onto another boat to go to the island where we would be spending one night in little bamboo huts on the beac...

After a very early wake up I was bundled onto a bus headed for Ha Long Bay. It was a 4 hour journey which seemed to take longer than that. You couldn't lose anyone from our group as we were all issued with rainbow coloured sombreros and looked like idiots walking round! We arrived at Ha Long port to be taken to a boat where I was soon to discover that it was to be me and 11 men on this particular boat till we got to Ca Ba Island the following day...of course I di...

After accepting the fact that I just need to wait for my financial problems to be fixed by the company I pretty much did nothing today apart from walk around the town in search for a pen as I'd lost mine (you wouldn't believe how many shops I had to walk in to find one) and grab some food. Today was pretty much a do nothing day whilst I waited for 9 pm to roll round so I could draw out some money! However, since I was going to be here for another night I thought...

Today I woke at what would normally be the crack of dawn for me in the UK to get up and have breakfast so I could hire a bike and make it over to the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. Now I had heard the traffic here was a bit mental and it's true. There are random traffic restrictions but if you're riding a bicycle forget it you can violate almost all of them including going down one way streets but I am still not ok with turning right on a red light...we'll still wait for...