We had a one day stop over in Hue to break up the journey to Hoi An. After another nightbus and the longest session of the name game EVER we arrived. We stayed at the sister hostel of where we had stayed in Hanoi and the 6 of us (friends from the boat trip) settled into our dorm before going of to explore. Hue is the former capital of Vietnam and I can see why its not now. It's not a bad place theres just very little going on. We took a boat trip along the ...

The morning of the Halong bay boat trip we were both pretty tired but excited. It was a 4hr bus ride from Hanoi with a brief stop at 'pottery village' a very appropriate stop for a group of tourists about to embark on a 3 day booze cruise!! Once we arrived at the harbour it we took a small fishing boat to the Jolly Roger. The boat was really cool, with a bar and eating area on the middle deck, ensuite rooms below and on the top deck was loads of sun loungers fo...

I know we start every blog with some sort of bus horror story, but this by far was the worst EVER! A bus SO bad and a journey SO long it's taken nearly a month for us to write it up and relive the experience all over again. We left Lang Prabang at 4pm on a weds and finally arrived in Hanoi and 11pm the following day! We set off with hope, knowing it wouldn't be fun but thinking we could eat and sleep through it. However it was 18hrs before we stopped for any f...

Quite literally the worst journey ever. Laos seems to provide a mix of stunning backdrops and horrendous roads. The Journey was such hard work, made worse by the fact that the bus we paid for was more accurately, a seat in the back of some geezers car while he and his family sat in the front, ate weird fruit and listened to 'music' which i believe, was created by squeezing cats and holding micropones near their wiskers... I also believe that this journey might ...

Every single cafe/restaurant/bar in Vang Vieng plays friends episodes constantly from 7am to Midnight. slightly odd... after a few days in this alcohol fuelled crazy place you soon realise why... Hung over viewing doesnt come easier than a s*** episode of friends while lounging around drinking fruit shakes and eating chips. And spring rolls. And Calamarie. And Pancakes. I may try something they call a 'Fanta.' Vang Vien is set up mainly for the tubing, which i...