Well our bus from Hanoi to Ninh Binh was one of the infamous open tour ticket types. Apart from departing 2 hours late, having erratic air con and the smallest leg room once the chair infront has been reclined and people sitting in the aisles on plastic chairs it was well worth the price. We arrived in Ninh Binh at around 11pm and we were both knackered. Ellie wasn't feeling to well and we got shown to the commision hotel. The room was awful, it looked like a gi...

Well Lao airlines turned out to be fine, the flight was only an hour long and I didn't even cry on take off (which I usually do for every other flight we've done!) Landing in Hanoi was a bit of a shock after laid back Laos...there were motorbikes everywhere. We found somewhere to stay, we had prebooked somewhere on the net but they had mucked up the booking so they transferred us to another place that turned out to be more central to all the sights! All g...