Jo and Hayley's SEA journal From Vietnam to Bali, our most extensive South East Asia trip yet!

Hi! Getting to Shanghai was a major adventure. Our flight from Hue to Hanoi was cancelled at the last minute due to bad weather, which meant we missed our connecting flight to Shanghai. We decided to sleep at the airport, as only 5 hrs to next flight. Unfortunately due to Hue being a domestic terminal it was locked overnight, so we slept outside. Another guy from Australia had the same idea, although about 3am we were all pondering the wiseness of this....bloody freezing!!! Anyway we survived, tested out our new winter woollies, and enjoyed the re-opening of the airport at 6am. We arrived in Hanoi and decided to try our luck finding a new flight, $700 and 40minutes later we were on a plane and heading off! Arrived in Shanghai, made our way to our hotel by subway and taxi. People are very helpful. Our hotel is awesome, lovely large room, huge bed and the softest pillows, after our previous night it felt like heaven!!! We went for a walk around the city, mind blowing! Lights, tall buildings and food! Great smells everywhere! Very different from Hanoi, very clean, so much to look at! I'm off for breaky, will write more after we explore! Love to all! xxxxxx