Today we got up and took another 4hr bus journey back to Hanoi, where upon arriving we were able to drop off our bags at the hotel, before going on a walk of the city and some of its neighbourhoods to learn more about Hanoi. There we stopped for lunch at a famous Ban Mi […]

Today our train arrived in Hanoi, at around 6am after a long night where it was difficult to get any sleep, due tot he train rocking and being quite loud. We then boarded a bus for a 4hr journey to Halong bay, where I was able to get another hour of sleep, bringing my total […]

Today I almost missed breakfast because I couldn’t find the restaurant, but thankfully I figured it out. Following this we were picked up by a van to drive us to the first cave we would be visiting today, Paradise Cave.  There we first took a golf buggy to reach the foot of the hill where […]

Today we had a free morning, but I decided to sleep in to catch up on some sleep, we grabbed lunch near the hotel, before we had to get on another 4hr long journey by bus to our next destination, Phong Nha.  When we got there we were met with a beautiful view from the […]

Today we took a 3hr bus  through he foggy mountains. to drive us to our next destination, Hue. When we arrived, we dropped off our stuff, grabbed lunch before we got ready for the afternoon.  We were met outside of our hotel by a gang of motorbikes and told to choose a key out of […]

Today after taking breakfast where I decided to eat noodles (forgetting about the plan for today) we took a golf buggy through the city to a noodle-making class, where we learned about the different noodles that exist in Vietnam and how they are made. We even got to try to make some ourselves and made […]

Today our train arrived at 7 am, and we drove for a bit to reach our hotel where we dropped off our bags, before walking to a local cafe where we got breakfast and I got a delicious avocado toast and passion fruit juice. Then we were brought around the city, crossing the different streets […]

Today I got up early and walked to the beachfront to meet with the diving team for our excursion. We took a taxi to the port, where we boarded our boat, a wooden typical Vietnamese boat, with all of the diving gear at the back.  As we started sailing, we got our briefing about the […]

today, after a difficult night on the rocky bus, we arrived at the city of Nha trang, where I was finally able to take a shower after having been sweaty all day yesterday. We walked around the city for a while, seeing what was around our hotel, before we decided to go to the local […]

For breakfast today we had noodles, before taking a taxi to go to the war museum where we learnt about the Vietnamese war, albeit a slightly skewed version of history, as told by the communists who won’t he war. We got to see some of the photos of the war showing some of the atrocities […]