South East Asia Hoi An, Vietnam

Hoi An, Vietnam

7th June – 9th June 2018 Getting the local bus to Da Nang was 10,000 dong more expensive than we planned because we had to pay for our luggage too (making it £1 each overall). This was still cheaper than it would have been to get a taxi up to the bus station, to get …

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South East Asia Da Nang, Vietnam

Da Nang, Vietnam

6th June – 7th June 2018 After our nineteen-hour bus journey, we finally arrived in Da Nang just before 12. Fortunately, we had both been able to get a fair bit of sleep, so we weren’t feeling too bad. Luckily, we got chatting to one of the men that worked on the bus, and he …

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South East Asia Halong Bay (including Cat Ba Island), Vietnam

Halong Bay (including Cat Ba Island), Vietnam

3rd June – 5th June 2018 After leaving Sapa, on our sleeper bus, we had a lengthy six hour drive back to Hanoi. We had a short break about half way in, where we were hit by the humidity again – something we hadn’t missed whilst in the cool air of Sapa! We arrived back …

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South East Asia Sapa, Vietnam

Sapa, Vietnam

31st May – 3rd June 2018 After being collected from the hostel in Hanoi, we walked towards our bus. We got on it, only to learn that it wasn’t the sleeper bus we were expecting (and we were meant to be on it all night). However, we luckily soon learned that this was just getting …

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South East Asia Hanoi (including Ninh Binh), Vietnam

Hanoi (including Ninh Binh), Vietnam

29th May – 31st May 2018 As we made our way to what should have been our gate in Manila airport, I thought I heard an announcement about our flight. As the flight attendants spoke so fast, we weren’t sure though, and there were no screens in the airport to help us, so we carried …

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