October 2010

Grab a Bicycle

by Poi October 27, 2010

We had been avoiding hiring bikes up until now on our trip through Asia but we ended up grabbing a couple of bikes in Hoi An, a lot of fun…

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Two Months On The Road

by Poi October 25, 2010

We’ve been on the road for two months today, I know it’s gone very fast. So how is it going, are we keeping up with everything we wanted and have we split up yet?

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Will The Real Sinh Cafe Please Stand Up

by Poi October 23, 2010

Whilst in Hanoi we researched the best way to travel in Vietnam. We looked into flying, trains and buses, reading posts and guidebooks it seemed that train travel was comfier but bus travel was a lot cheaper. We’re on a budget, so we set off to find the best open tour company.

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Random Traveller #27

by Kirsty October 22, 2010

Welcome to round 27 of  ‘Meet a Random Traveller’. Although we have hit  the  road now, we are still looking for new random travellers as we will  mix them up between bloggers and “normal” travellers! […]

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The Purple Forbidden City – Hue

by Poi October 20, 2010

We visited Hue on a bit of whim I didn’t fancy a whole 24 hours on a bus to Hoi An and it seemed like the best place to have a quick stop over, before […]

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Hitting the Backpacker Trail

by Poi October 18, 2010

Moving from China to Vietnam there was a clear difference between the two places. We have without a doubt hit the South East Asia backpacker trail.

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Crossing the Vietnamese Border From China

by Poi October 17, 2010

Here is a post of our experience travelling from China across the Vietnamese border from Nanning to Hanoi by bus. We were lucky and managed to get everything arranged easily with our hostel.

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Random Traveller #26

by Kirsty October 15, 2010

Although we have hit the road now, we are still looking for new random travellers as we will mix them up between bloggers and “normal” travellers! So this week it’s a blogger….

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Ha Long Bay Tour with Hanoi Backpackers Hostel Part II

by Poi October 13, 2010

The conclusion of our tour to Ha Long Bay. What happened the second day and night and an overview of our favourite and not so favourite parts.

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Ha Long Bay Tour with Hanoi Backpackers Hostel Part I

by Poi October 11, 2010

The first installment of our tour to Ha Long Bay. We had been looking forward to this part of our trip since the planning stages, this is our account of how it turned out.

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