Day 86 – Farewell Vietnam After a great nights sleep onboard ship in Halong Bay, we decline the 6.30am visit to the caves as we’ve seen enough of caves. So it’s a lie-in! We don’t make 6am tai chi either.

Day 84 – Halong Bay Up for breakfast and to start the bus journey to Halong. 3 hours that we didn’t expect, stupidly thought Halong was right next to Hanoi!

Day 76 – Tam Coc and a Reunion Our sleeper train from Hue to Ninh Binh was uneventful. We manage about 4 hours sleep, not bad. But not great as we are meeting Pete’s old mate for a bike ride this morning!

Day 74 – Train Journey To Hue Today we leave Hoi An from Dan Nang and get a beautiful, scenic train journey up the coast to Hue. We try ‘soft seat’ class 2. We were warned it would be noisy.

Day 69 – Dan Nang and Hoi An We arrive by train into Da Nang early hours of the morning and after a short Grab journey, we checked into the Halina Hotel and Apartment. Another lovely hotel, just back from the beach with a rooftop pool and great breakfast. All […]

Day 68 – British, French and Vietnamese We only booked one night in Nha Trang as we wanted to get to Da Nang. Our hotel for the night is the 4 Star Apus Hotel. Cost us £12 including breakfast and a rooftop pool!

Day 66 – Easy Riders A few day’s ago we decided a great way to get from Da Lat back to the coast, would be on the back of an organised bike trip. We opted for Original Dalat Easy Riders Vietnam. They had great reviews on Trip Advisor. Today’s the […]

Day 62 – Da Lat Da Lat is a city inland in Vietnam, and often overlooked on the tourist trail. Luckily we have the time to go there. We booked another bus to get there, but as it was last-minute, and we got the worst seats on the worst bus […]