Soooo Hanoi-ing

Sorry it’s been a while, Vietnam was a bit hectic!

We left Cat Ba and arrived back in Hanoi late evening. After figuring out we couldn’t get a sleeper bus or train to our next stop, Phonng Nha, until the next evening was very frustrating. The day of waiting for our bus consisted of naps, YouTube and a whole lot of snacks!

We finally got on the bus and let’s just say, I’m never ever going through that again! Fortunately we managed to shotgun the back seats which had 3 connected recliner seats so it was basically a sticky, sweaty, cockroach infested double bed for the night! To top it all off, we arrived in phong kna at 4.30am! Fortunately the hostel we stayed at found us a room asap and we got some sleep.

Phong nha was beautiful, there were caves which were amazing and a springs that had been turned into a climbing forest and kayaking area (but the water was bloody freezing!!). We just chilled in the hostel that night as they offered free beer, free shots and a pool table- what more could you want eh??!

We then stupidly decided to take another sleeper bus the next day to get to Hue (ayyy!) which only took 4 hours opposed to 9 previously. It was even grimmer and stinkier but we got there in the end to pick up our motorbike for the Hai Van Pass. I’m not a petrol head but I’ve got to say, the bike we chose was pretty cool, with a lil princess seat on the back for me!

We started the journey from hue to the start of the Hai Van pass which took about an hour but had beautiful beach scenery. The next part of the journey was the winding roads of the pass. Wow. It was stunning, I can’t even describe how beautiful it was driving up the cliffs and seeing the sea below.

We then finished it and headed through Danang to get to Hoi An where we thought we’d only stay for one day…

More to come in a separate blog post,

Hope you’re doing well whoever is reading this,

Lots of lurve x