Thursday, 29 Nov 2007 | Views [359]
The sleeper bus was not very comfortable. It was designed by koreans for Koreans so picture very small and short sleeping births. There were three rows of bunk beds in the bus with one bathroom. Now in Vietnam, bus drivers hoot to warn the scooters ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Monday, 26 Nov 2007 | Views [508]
We arrived back in Hanoi from Halong Bay, late after our bus had a flat tyre. Changing the flat tyre was a very interesting process. The bus driver was unable to change the tyre with the tools that were on the bus. Next minute he had jumped ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Friday, 23 Nov 2007 | Views [348]
An early start and we were off to Halong Bay. One night on a junk boat and one night on Cat Ba Island. Central Vietnam had been hit with floods and Hanoi had apparently been busier than usual, but we were still surprised by the number of minibuses ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Wednesday, 21 Nov 2007 | Views [598]
From Guilin into Hanoi We left in good time for the train station as we have now realised that platform numbers aren't always in letters we can understand and needed safety time. We weren't disappointed once we were back at the station, a station ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Friday, 16 Nov 2007 | Views [405]
We arrived in Danang and immediately booked our hostel through the local office who organised all our bus transfers. We arranged for the hostel to collect us.... little did we know that this would mean that we would be transported on the back of a bike, ... Read more >
