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18/11/2019: The bus to Laos
Refusing breakfast As usual, when we get the chance, we have a lie in, especially because we’re getting a very long bus to Laos, and
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17/11/2019: Visiting Lao Chai & Ta Van villages
Visiting the nearby villages We were all pretty late getting up, but we weren’t too late for the free breakfast! It was pretty simple, bread
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16/11/2019: Visiting Cat Cat Village in Sapa
Going to sleep in the morning The bus reached Sapa in the early hours of the morning, and didn’t kick people off until around 6:30am.
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15/11/2019: Cat Ba National Park
A bumpy ride Today we were moving on towards Sapa, in the far North. Before the sleeper bus, we had quite a few hours to
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14/11/2019: Touring Ha Long Bay
Early morning tour Both of us got up early this morning as we had a boat tour of Ha Long Bay which we were both
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13/11/2019: Bus to Cat Ba Island
A leaky bus I began the morning with a traditional Vietnamese backpacker breakfast, a pancake. It was a strawberry pancake to be exact, and we
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12/11/2019: A night in Hanoi
A panicked breakfast Whilst we were having our free breakfast, we realised that there were no available hostels in Ha Long Bay. Staying in Ha
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11/11/2019: Trang An boat tour
Fried egg sandwich We started the day off at 8am accompanied by a free fried egg sandwich for breakfast. A lot nicer than I was
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10/11/2019: Escaping to Ninh Binh
Not a face I wanted to wake up to Tu had originally said we’d get up at 5 or 6am to see the local market.
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09/11/2019: Thanh Hoa
Broken sleep This particular train journey gave birth to one of my worst night’s sleep I’ve ever had. It was very difficult to get comfy,
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08/11/2019: Train to Thanh Hoa
Saying goodbye to new friends I had a nice lie in today, I can never deny myself a lie in when the chance comes. In
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07/11/2019: Exploring the caves
Vietnamese breakfast We woke up pretty early today as we had a tour of some Phong Nha caves. Breakfast consisted of fried egg, bread, and
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06/11/2019: Bus to Phong Nha
Cherish free breakfasts The pair of us had a reasonable lie in today. You gotta get them where you can, because they don’t come too
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05/11/2019: More temples, in Hue
Free breakfast It’s always been said, that the most important meal of the day, is breakfast. I live and die by this rule. It’s even
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04/11/2019: Abandoned water park
The extended night bus During the night bus to Hue, we stopped several times for toilet breaks. I was able to get a decent amount
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03/11/2019: Night bus to Hue
Journeying further North After consecutive mornings of waking up early, we decided to lie in today. We were checking out of the hostel at 12pm
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02/11/2019: Open Water Course graduates
Rinse and repeat We had another early morning today, accompanied by cereal and milk! Today was the last day of our open water course. The
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01/11/2019: Scuba diving in the ocean
Finally diving Today we the day we’d been waiting for. Mat and I were awake and up before 7am! What a stark contrast from the
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31/10/2019: Exploring Nha Trang
Diving? Denied! Today, we were alerted that scuba diving was to be postponed again! The good news was that we had the all clear for
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30/10/2019: Typhoon trouble
Hoping for clear skies The threat of the typhoon loomed. Our diving instructor said he’d let us know via email if scuba diving was on
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29/10/2019: Scuba diving
A testing morning Mat and I both had to get up early today, and with good reason. Today would be our first day at the
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28/10/2019: Train to Nha Trang
Banana Pancake Trail The Banana Pancake Trail is a conceptual route in which the average Western budget backpacker follows. When I heard of it, and
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27/10/2019: Phan Thiet beach day
Breakfast smells fishy Unsurprisingly, we got up late into the morning. Today was the day we had planned to chill. After a crazy month in
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26/10/2019: Train to Phan Thiet
Banh Mi for breakfast Today we had a train to Phan Thiet booked. This destination was a few hours to the East, and is situated
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25/10/2019: War Remnants Museum
Recovery After our night out on the city, we rose quite late. Soon after, we headed out to grab some breakfast/lunch. We wondered the streets
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24/10/2019: Flight to Vietnam
Sleepless night flight Despite going to bed early, neither of us got any sleep. I can never get to sleep if I need and try
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