On our way home now, left Mai Chau at 5pm yesterday and arrived back in Hanoi this morning at 4am! Before leaving Mai Chau we had dinner on restaurant beside the train station, becky found a caterpillar in her cabbage!! Couple of us raided the shop next door and we got snickers and mars bars! Anyway the lady was trying to swindle me!! I got 2 snickers which was 50,000 dong, I only had large notes, so handed her a 500,000.....o waited and waited for change and n...

Sapa is so cool!dinner last night was great fun, we completely took over the restaurant and plugged in iPods to their sound system, and had a proper dance! Other locals in the bar and other tourists were all joining in! It was hilarious! I made a little friend too, the owners daughter, she must have been about 3, but enjoyed dancing with me and was giggling all night, she was adorable! There were some speeches over dinner and also some prizes! I got the one for ...

Just arrived in Sapa at the holiday Sapa hotel, it's lovely!!! Room is massive with huge double bed, exactly what the doctor ordered!! Feeling overwhelmed at what I have achieved, never thought I would do it! Today was really hard, but I did it all by myself!! Really tired now, but on a high! Just got our group photos done with our "I cycled Vietnam 2010" t-shirts! Called home to say I had done it and got really emotional!! It's been a tough time over here but ...

I'VE DONE IT!!! Woo hoo!!! Pouring rain and freezing!!! Very emotional just now, will update later!!

Arrived in Lai Chau, Muong thanh hotel at 2pm after bus journey. Bum pretty sore now, so called shotgun on the bath, and jumped in when we got to the room, was so nice to sit and relax!! The water was absolutely filthy so had a shower afterwards. The roads here are so dusty, it's no wonder I'm grubby! Hotel is pretty nice so taking the opportunity to sort out my rucksack for going home. Looking forward to heading to Sapa to get some shopping done!! Got organis...