The next stop on our travels was Da Lat. We decided to take an overnight sleeper bus which was meant to depart at 10pm and get us to Da Lat for 6am the next morning. It didn't quite work out like that. At 10pm a motorbike taxi picked us up and then dropped us to a bus station. We then had to get on a mini bus for ten/fifteen minutes to take us to the actual overnight bus. I had a very bad stomach and thought worst case scenario I can use the toilet on the bus. To...

Due to having limited time we decided not to go to North Vietnam this time but save it for another time, otherwise we would be very rushed. We touched down in Vietnam and waited to go through arrivals. My stomach was doing flips as we still had no confirmation of onward travel. So I delegated Joey to go first in case there were any issues. Thankfully they let him through with minimal questions asked so I knew I was good to go. Coming out of the airport we were...

After Pai it was a bus back down to Chiang Mai, then another bus to Chiang Rai. Our bus left Pai at 10am and arrived in Chiang Mai at 1pm. We had to wait till 5pm for our next bus so hopped along the cafes stealing wifi and playing cards. The bus to Chiang Rai took longer than expected due to traffic so we got there at around 8.30pm and we went straight to the hostel in a tuktuk for £1.50. Annoyingly the girl in front of me decided to put her seat right back! He...

We took the bus from Chiang Mai to Pai, which took around three hours. There were 527 curves so travel sickness tablets were a must. The girl behind me was sick. After the little boy spilled his drink on me on the plane my bag and flip flip flops were firmly on my lap, just in case! I wanted no repeat of last time! We booked Spicy Pai Backpackers Hostel, which cost us £4 each per night. I knew it was going to be basic but I didn't quite realise how basic. The d...

As part of our trip I was very keen to see the elephants but wanted to make sure it was ethical and the animals were treated right. My friend Zara strongly recommended Elephant Nature Park. We looked into it and decided to book on to Pamper a Pachyderm - single day visit. We got picked up at around 8.15am from our hotel. There were eight of us all together in our group, an American, three Germans, one French, one South American and us! I could not have asked for...