Our journey to Sapa started with the longest journey of our lives. Our bus was supposed to be departing Hanoi at 6pm and arriving at our destination 10 hours later. First of all we didn’t leave the drizzly bus station until 8:30 after lots of waiting around. Luckily It was the best bus we had taken yet, with proper…
We arrived in Hanoi bleary eyed at 6am after a ten hour bus ride on which we had managed to catch a few hours sleep. We caught a very expensive taxi ride into town to find a hotel and managed to haggle one down to fit our budget. The weather had turned cloudy and drizzly…
We took an easy four hour bus ride north to the town of Dong Hoi. We had considered buying or renting a motorbike to do our journey up the north coast of Vietnam. We’d spoken to a few other travellers who had done it and loved it, so it seemed like a great way to…
We had a lovely 5am start for our journey across southern Laos and back in Vietnam. (Side note: our plan is to re-enter Vietnam now, work our way up north and then go back into Laos at the northern end. We decided this was the best route for us to take as we were meeting…
Day 1 We booked a 3 day Mekong Delta tour with a company Ken (our guide from Cu Chi tunnels) recommended: TNK Travel. We opted for the 3 day as it would give us more time to see different parts of the delta. Setting off at 8am on Saturday we had a 2 hour bus…
Day 1: After all our planning and last minute rushing around to get ready, plus a 12 hour long flight (upgraded – yes!!) we finally arrived in Ho Chi Minh City and start of our year’s adventure. We soon got a good picture of the place, sat in a taxi at 8am surrounded by people…
In a weeks time we’ll be flying out to Vietnam, 1st stop on our round the world trip. We are planning to spend roughly 5 months in SE Asia working our way through Cambodia,Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Malyasia, Indonesia and then onto Australia, NZ , Fiji and beyond. For now this is the plan, but plans…
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