Destination: Vietnam

Day 42

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 | By nicolala3 | Views [222] | Comments [1]

After another wonderful breakfast we checked out and met our biker guides for the day. All of our bags were strapped onto the bikes, helmets on and off we went. The route was so much better than what we would have taken on the bus as well as the ... Read more >

Hue, Vietnam

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 | By bethsiu3 | Views [412]

I finally made it to Hue this am after an overnight bus from Hanoi. I couldn't wait to get out of Hanoi! I can't think of a worse town I've visited in all my travels. Just one scam after another and not friendly people. I also left just as Typhoon Su-... Read more >

Day 41

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 | By nicolala3 | Views [244] | Comments [1]

Woke up feeling quite disorientated this morning with calf muscles hurting a bit...must be from the long walk yesterday. We had a leisurely wake up, went down for our buffet breakfast which easily rivalled the last hotels breakfast for less than half ... Read more >

Day 40

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 | By nicolala3 | Views [262] | Comments [1]

Apart from some banging of something knocking against the train at 4am last night we both had a good enough sleep. I was on the bottom bunk, Liam was on the top. We were all awake by about 7.30am, sorted ourselves out ready to get off and spent the last ... Read more >

Day 39

Fri, 26 Oct 2012 | By nicolala3 | Views [225] | Comments [1]

Apparently it rained a lot lastnight but neither of us heard a thing, we slept really well again. I've had better nights sleeps in the boat than anywhere else since leaving England.  We went for breakfast which turned out to be a 'pre breakfast' ... Read more >

Day 38

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 | By nicolala3 | Views [165] | Comments [1]

We both had a really good nights sleep, not enough but a good one! Waking up on the boat was disorientating at first but then you look out of the window and the sea and the view was stunning. We had a wonderful breakfast, it was way too much food. It ... Read more >

Day 37

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 | By nicolala3 | Views [247] | Comments [1]

We both woke up feeling a bit better then yesterday but still extremely tired and in need of a lot more sleep! We ate at the buffet again before heading downstairs to store our bags, check out and get our refund for the taxi money. The mini bus ... Read more >

Hanoi, Vietnam

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 | By bethsiu3 | Views [393] | Comments [1]

This is my 2nd day in Hanoi, Vietnam. 1st day was awful! I waover it already. I got ripped off by the taxi driver and my hostel was horrendous- stinky, moldy and damp with no windows and something dripping from the ceiling. I moved to a much nicer hostel ... Read more >

Day 36

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 | By nicolala3 | Views [290] | Comments [1]

Apologies in advance if not very detailed or mistakes, very tired today but forcing myself to get up to date!Alarm set for 7am today to get a full days sight seeing in. Boy were we tired. Liam's now got my cold so he could have quite happily stayed in ... Read more >

Photos: Hanoi, Vietnam

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 | By sglass | Photo Gallery

Day 35

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 | By nicolala3 | Views [215] | Comments [1]

Breakfast is included in our stay here so we stuffed our faces at the all you can eat breakfast buffet. We were so tired but got up just so we didn't miss the free food which was a pretty good job really because there was quite a lot of variety and the ... Read more >

Phong Nha Farmstay, Vietnam

Sat, 20 Oct 2012 | By sglass | Views [6528] | Comments [3]

Immediately after one of the lowest points of our trip, we had one of the highest. While Sarah was sick, we'd discussed where to move on from Hue and we came across a small mention in our Lonely Planet Vietnam guidebook. It highlighted a place called ... Read more >

Tags: caves, central vietnam, paradise cave, phong nha cave, phong nha farmstay, phong nha-ke bang national park, trekking

Photos: Phong Nha Farmstay, Vietnam

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 | By sglass | Photo Gallery

Tags: ecotourism, paradise cave, phong nha cave, phong nha farmstay, phong nha-ke bang national park, vietnam

Hue, Vietnam

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 | By sglass | Views [1111]

After a wonderful week in Hoi An, we headed up to the nearby port city of Da Nang to catch a train further north to the ancient capital city of Hue (pronounced "Hway"). The views from the train were unbelievable- this is said to be the most beautiful ... Read more >

Tags: citadel, da nang, hue, train, vietnam, vietnam war

Photos: Hue, Vietnam

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 | By sglass | Photo Gallery