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ev eryone says Sapa is fantastic aprt from the trinket sellers that follow you around , its in the north and will be leaving by overnight train this ev ening after getting back from Halong Bay ..saves on accomodation!

Some Pics from Halong Bay

Everywhere I have been in Vietnam the hustlers are there with there motorbikes .. they have 2 words Hello Motorbike (which means "Can I take you somewhere by Motorbike) "you get asked every couple of minutes I was at the point of insanity and about to rip a motorbike in half and instead sat on a small jetty to take photos . after 5 minutes i figured out this woman was offering me a boat tour round the bay she wanted 100,000 dong so I bargained down to 50,000 (as you do here) . It turned out she ...

This is the oldest Bridge in Hanoi designed by the same designer as the Eiffel Tower and/or used the same steel as the Eiffel tower. Now its just open to motorcycles and the single Vietnam Train Track







Nothing like a couple of hours at the Beauty Parlour



Currentl near Halong Bay wher eI have a great internet connection ...

Crossing the road is an aquired technique. With 100 motorbikes rushing by a second you realy cant wait for a clear road and pedestrian crossings are just to give a false sense of security. The techinique is to walk acros the road and keep walking. if you stop you'll confuse the traffic who would othersise weave around you and your more lkely to get hit. So you dont cross the read you weave your way across. At least the speed limit is only 30 kph.

Booked a trip to Halong Bay around ...

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Bus from Laos to Vietnam told to be at the Indian restaurant at 6.30 am Instead of staying on the bus to Hanoi got of at at Tham Hoa in Vietnam and then got a Taxi to Sam Son a place that raely sees a westerner so got hassled to the max by touts etc , its the seaside resort for vietnamese. Took nearly 2 hours to find somewhere to stay as the its the height of season and a weekend.


These guys are Beach Photographers , they use blow up sea creatures as props and use film cameras ...