Having left the job of booking the train late (we booked 5days early!), we only managed to get the hard sleeper beds, although we were reasonably confident we would be […]

The following day, we went to a delightful French cafe for breakfast to chill out and have a good coffee as this week had been a little stressful for both […]

Here are some photo highlights from day two trekking

We arrived in Sapa in the pouring rain and low cloud, unsure if it was worth booking a two day trek as we couldn’t see any of the surrounding mountains […]

At 7am we exited the train station to a town that seemed to have been awake for a number of hours. After hassling a number of tourist guides from Vega […]

Back in Hanoi we went to organise our bags again, now heading to the mountains and a more tempered climate found in northern vietnam’s highlands. It was at this point […]

Emily : A three and half hour trip east of Hanoi found us in Halong City boarding an overnight cruise into Halong Bay, which has more than 2000 limestone islands […]

We finally landed at Hanoi Airport, after two flights (stopover in Hong Kong), some hairy turbulence, accompanied by reading a newspaper article of how a British pilot wouldn’t dare put […]