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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →