Firstly, apologies for the time it has taken for me to write this blog the last week or so in Vietnam has been pretty busy with lots of travelling around and simply I spent the time enjoying myself and sleeping on buses as opposed to finding the time or energy to keep you all updated... Continue Reading →
Hue & Hoi An
We arrived in Hue after the long overnight bus journey south on the 27th. The sunny weather we also unfortunately left behind in Ha Long too as it was pissing it down in Hue. After sorting ourselves out at the hostel Ollie and I decided to head out and explore the city a little, Fred... Continue Reading →
Christmas in Ha Long Bay
After completing the Ha Giang Motorbike loop we travelled back to Hanoi early on Thursday the 20th of December. Here we were staying at Vietnam backpackers who we had arranged our tour to Ha Long Bay with, staying at their Castaways island. When we arrived in Hanoi there were a few things we had to... Continue Reading →
Ha Giang Motorbike Loop
We woke up on Sunday the 16th of December at 8 am ready to start the loop around 9 ish. As stated in the previous blog we had gone out the night before and celebrated Vietnams winning of the Suzuki Cup. However, we were feeling pretty fresh, although Ollie said he was a little hungover.... Continue Reading →
Vietnam Win the Suzuki Cup
I know I said my next blog would be about the Ha Giang loop but that was before Vietnam went and won the Suzuki cup and we had the most amazing night in Ha Giang. As I said we took the bus from Hanoi to Ha Giang on Saturday the 16th of December to start... Continue Reading →
Hanoi
Before I talk about our time spent in Hanoi, I first must talk about our journeys from Vientiane to Hanoi. As you know from the previous blog, I opted to fly from Vientiane to Hanoi whereas the boys opted to take a sleeper bus. Now obviously I have far more insight regarding my journey, but... Continue Reading →
Vang Vieng & Vientiane
Well, it’s safe to say Vang Vieng definitely lived up to its reputation as being a party places! We Spent 4 Nights here and for 3 of them went out. However, before we got to Vang Vieng we had to make the 5-hour journey south from Luang Prabang, this was an experience in itself as... Continue Reading →
Luang Prabang
After the two-day slow boat trip, we arrived in Luang Prabang a little relieved to once again be on dry land. Initially, we planned on having a quiet night in to recover after the last few days travelling, however as is normally the case with us that didn’t quite go to plan, and we ended... Continue Reading →
Slow Boat Chiang Rai to Luang Prabang
We awoke at 5.30 am on Friday the 30th of November ready for the two-day journey from Chiang Rai Thailand to Luang Prabang in Laos. You can choose to do all the journey in separate legs booking it all yourself, but we decided to book through a tour operator saving us all the hassle. Plus,... Continue Reading →
Chiang Rai
Pre-warning for this blog, it probably won’t be the most interesting one of the trip, but I guess even when every day is unreal there must be some slower days in amongst it. We caught the bus bright an early from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai and made the 4-hour journey closer to the Laos... Continue Reading →