Category Archives: Vietnam

It was another early start today as we were picked up by our bus to head out to catch our boat for our cruise around Ha Long bay. After 3.5 hours and our obligatory stop at a souvenir stall we arrived at a port where there were hundreds of boats waiting to pick up theirContinue reading “Cruising Around Ha Long Bay”

Our second day on the boat started bright and early and after breakfast we were dropped off on one of the islands where we joined all the other boats in the area for a walk up to the top of the mountain for the surrounding views. We then descended to the beach along with everyoneContinue reading “Cat Ba Island”

We woke feeling that our stay in Cat Ba had been a bit of a waste of time, we had a fairly nice walk but the place we were staying at was pretty rubbish and was serving up food to match. Shame because I think if we had booked everything ourselves we could have probablyContinue reading “Last Views of Ha Long Bay and Back to Hanoi”

We were picked up at our hotel bright and early to catch a bus to Sa Pa. The bus was a luxury sleeper with 3 rows of seats that reclined nearly 180 degrees with your feet in a little pod underneath the seat in front. Watching Tim try to get in and out of theseContinue reading “Sa Pa”

Hiring scooters around Vietnam has been a very easy experience so far but Sapa has a bit more of a “let’s get as much money from the tourists” feel about it. So far we had had to pay more for a room with a bathroom and had been told we had to pay more forContinue reading “Scooters Around Sa Pa”

We bused it back to Hanoi and arrived pretty late in the afternoon. After sitting down and trying to figure out our next move we decided to head to Mai Chau before making the long 18 hour trip into Laos. We wanted to just catch the local bus but with minimal time up our sleeveContinue reading “Rice Paddies in Mai Chau”