Saigon beer.

After what felt like an entire country sped through on a bus, I finally reached my last stop in Vietnam; a slight jolt back into the reality of city life, full of hectic roads, shopping malls, advertisements and western food chains. We arrived at around 6am, to a bustling city alive with aerobic classes on … Continue reading →

Mui Nei

The journey into Mui Nei was a typical Southeast Asian bus ride, it was overpacked and full to the brim of people, drove entirely on extremely bumpy roads and made Roxanne and I go crazy over our desperation for the loo as there were no toilet breaks the entire journey. I headed to Mui Nei … Continue reading →

Inland to Da Lat

If I thought Nha Trang was a brief stop then Da Lat was even shorter, we we acutely aware our visa time was nearing an end and we had so much left to see in Vietnam. Da Lat was a nice place, a few hours inland meaning a slightly cooler temperature in the day and … Continue reading →

Next stop Nha Trang!

Nha Trang was a relatively brief stop totalling only 3 nights stay, from first impressions it was full of expensive bars, restaurants and giant hotel resorts, packed full of Russian holidaymakers. In fact, menus and information signs were more likely to be written in Russian than in Vietnamise. Lauren Lucie and I walked for what … Continue reading →

Hey Hue

Hue for me was not as good as it could have been, I spent the majority of my time there feeling ill and being sick. However on one of the occasions I did get out I ventured to the Citadel with Lucie and Lauren, en route we bumped into Dom, Katja, Roxanne and Andrew, who … Continue reading →

Cat Ba Island

Feeling nervous as I drove away from my group of friends and into the unknown, I waited at the ferry point smiling at everyone who passed in the hope of making a new friend, whilst also being engrossed in the first Game of Thrones book which I had started reading earlier in the week. I … Continue reading →

The Descending Dragon

After numerous attempts at finding a decent well priced trip around Halong bay we opted for the 2 night Dugong tour, where I shared a cabin with Cal, which consisted of dark glossy wooden walls,floor and ceiling, a plastic bottle nailed the to ceiling and our very own rubber slippers. It was an enjoyable few … Continue reading →