18-24/01/20 Arriving in Paske the following afternoon after a pleasant flight we try to check into the hostel we booked only a few days ago. It turns out that we've got our days mixed up and have booked a room for tomorrow instead! It's over 35 degrees, much hotter than in Luang Prabang and we don't relish the thought of finding another room for the night. Tee, the receptionist is lovely and cancels our booking for tomorrow without charge on the proviso we book ...

13-17/01/20 Arriving four hours later we are quite excited as we've treated ourselves to an up-market hotel located on the river-front renowned for stunning views. Setting our rucksacks down at the outdoor reception area we look up to take in the view and are horrified to see diggers, piles of sand and stone and workmen operating noisy machinery just a few meters from the hotel boundary. After seeing a workman take a pee in front of us a few hours later we d...

10-13/01/20 Up early this morning as we're off to Luang Prabang in Laos, via Hanoi which means two flights nearly 2,500km and an hours' stop-over. Luckily our internal alarm clock kicks-in as the requested 5am wake-up call never happens? Talking with the check-in girl at Saigon Airport we are not sure if we'll be allowed to board the plane; apparently we don't have enough onward concrete plans and hotel and flight bookings/reservations. Eventually, we persuad...

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07-09/01/20 Up early, well extra early due to our rock-hard bed; not so difficult though as our backs and shoulders are still killing. We definitely WON'T be missing our sleeping arrangements. We're off to Ho Chi Minh City or HCMC. However, its original name Saigon is favoured by most. Saigon is in southern Vietnam nearly 1000km from Hoi An; so we fly. Our flight is delayed but luckily only for an hour and we sigh with relief when we start boarding. Howeve...