Wake up with a real nice lay in first in ages at around half 9. Go down to the 'restaurant' downstairs and speak with the family who speak no English so having to try to sort in the middle of nowhere to Hue was quite a mission. They said they would take me to a bus stop 20km away I didn't know where I was going as the nearest big town I thought a bus station would be was in Da Nang or behind me. Nevertheless had a shower with the biggest spider I've seen in my li...

Got some breakfast at Easy Tiger then Guus was getting his bike fixed, shock. Guus and Bas were selling their bikes today as mine and Willem's were still ok we decided to head to Hue on the bikes hoping nothing happened to them. Somehow, Guus' bike got fixed and managed to sell his bike! Bas did too. So they were heading to Hue at 4pm on the bus. Me and Willem were hitting the road and literally was going perfect the road was clear, sun was blisteringly hot it wa...

Guus' bike I want to literally destroy and set alight then walk away whilst smoking a fag like they do in the movies! Yesterday I somehow got the short straw to ride with Guus as his bike literally was in pieces at a Honda garage and wouldn't be finished till '2pm' which turned into 5pm. Bas and Willem headed onto Phong Nha at the national park to reserve a room for all of us when/if we got there. They made it in like 3 hours must of tanked it there it was a good...

After a frustrating day yesterday after only travelling 40km as Guus' bike again was breaking down every few kilometers we got to a random village it didn't even come up on Google Maps! We were at a garage trying to find a hotel or anywhere to stay around the area and a woman in a small shop spoke remote English but pointed out a hotel just round the corner literally could throw a stone at it so we stayed there for the night and said to leave early in the morning...

Got to Hanoi at around 6am. Straight to the travel agency with Sidney who sorted out our Halong Bay tour. Stayed there a good few hours, Guus' bike was in for repair so had to wait until 2 for that to finish. I finished by blog finally (yay ha!) as had loads of time to kill. Willem had issues sorted with his bike also. All bikes got fixed Guus kicked off a bit as the bikes were playing up a lot after only having them a week to be understandable seeing as they are...