Finally we arrive in Hanoi it's Sunday 7am and we left Natrang on Friday 6pm by bus. We booked with Camel travel and what a bloody joke ther are!!!! We paid for direct sleeper bus wich would take 24 hrs. After reaching half way to change buses we and a load of other people were told we had to stay in a ghost town for 2 days as the buses were full. ( wich means If you use the camel travel group you are not certain where your ticket will get you as we have had thi...

What a bloody day first our bus was 2hrs late picking us up from our hotel after many arguments with the travel company.We finally arrive at our hotel that we pre booked through travel point . Com, when reception said it had no rooms . The whole of vietnam is literally booked up with Chinese , for there lunar. I have never seen a place so bloody busy.After another few words that fell on ears that couldn't understand a word I was saying I asked the female receptio...

Well we booked a boat ticket wich should have took 5 hrs up the Mekong river ( wich was a wonderfull boat ride with fab views , and arrived on time )then 3 hrs on a bus . In fact it took in total 14 hrs , two boats, then a minibus, then another bus for over 6 hrs .We left hotel in Cambodia at 7-30 am and got to hotel in Saigon about 10 pm .Whenever you buy a travel ticket in Cambodia and they tell you the time it's going to take you should triple it and add more ...

Arrived here in good time 5 1/2 hrs.Was searching for a room when a local told us about some bungalows for $20 a night . So I hopped on the back of his moped with me backpack a d he drove me 15 mins down the road , just as I thought he was abducting me he dropped me off at the said place (panick over lol) .Its cheap and real basic no tv no wifi no aircon,yet the more time im here i love it . Its mad how we all depend on tv or wifi now , so its nice to spend a ni...

Arrived at Saigon after 2 boats a minibus and a VIP bus and 14 hrs later.Found the hotel even though it's under a different name ( usual in vietnam ). Hotel is real nice with free breakfast and free laundry , staff can't do enough for you all for £7-50 a night each.What we didn't realise is its Chinese new year so place is heaving . Were in district 1 and it has a huge strip of bars on the street,with little very cheap and fantastic food places in all the alleyw...