Well these were a few days we had been really looking forward to since back home. We had read so much about the Easy Riders before we come out on our trip, it was something we said to ourselves we would make sure we did while in Vietnam. The day started fairly well, the guys were on time picking us up from our hotel, reassuring us that it wasn't going to rain today, not where we were going. The first stop was to a nearby fishing village. Here we would be able to ...

Arrived early morning in Nah Trang on the night bus and straight away hoped in to a taxi to take us to the centre where we had already ear marked a hotel. Probably the best accommodation we have had to date. Nah Trang has very much a western holiday destination vibe, a big beach, lots of high rise hotels and many different English/irish bars with happy hours that last from about 4pmm to midnight. First was breakfast and the pub also did the best full English we ...

Hue - We spent the day in Hanoi when we arrived back from Sapa, again arriving early morning since we caught the night train. We went to see a temple in the middle of one of Hanoi's lakes and then ran some errands, brought a photocopy of the lonely planet to Australia, posted some postcards, etc. That evening we were to catch our third night train from Hanoi to Hue, once known as the religious capital of Vietnam. The night train down was pretty much event free,...

So then Sapa. We had to get a sleeping night train up to Lao Cai and then catch a mini bus to Sapa. The night train was our first of the trip so far and took us about 9 hours, I think it is safe to say that if our budget allowed it we would take them over buses everyday of the week. Much more comfortable than buses and able to get a lot more decent sleep. Although the air conditioning was not great so it was a little clammy. Then out of no where came a knocking a...

Hello again. Well since I last wrote we have been to Halong Bay (east of Hanoi) and Sapa (north of Hanoi). First we took an organised trip down to Halong Bay, where we would stay 2 nights, one on the boat and the other on Cat Ba island. The journey was an adventure on it's own. The vehicles seem to have free reign toovertake when ever they like just as long as they beep their horn loud enough. Weaving in and out of the traffic in a 52 seater was scary, so best ju...