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Sleeper Bus Hell and Luang Prabang, Laos
You guys. I can’t tell you about the beautiful country of Laos without first reliving the journey from Hanoi in Vietnam across the boarder to Luang Prabang in northern Laos. It’s one of those events that I look back on and, instead of coherent words, all that appears in my head is a large question Continue reading
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In Which I Climb a Mountain in Flip Flops | Ha Long Bay, Vietnam
To be completely honest, we planned our route through Vietnam using the route the Top Gear guys took in that Christmas special a few years ago. Ha Long Bay was one of their stops so it was one of ours too. We went with a group from our Hanoi hostel to stay on one of Continue reading
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Sleeper Bus Hell and Hanoi, Vietnam
I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this, but for the latter part of the trip I took diazepam on every journey. This was because of the night bus journey from Hue to Hanoi. I should have known it would be shit – I mean, to an anxious traveller with an anxious bladder, all Vietnamese bus Continue reading
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Comfy Beds & Concubines: Hue, Vietnam
(Can I just say, that title is possibly my favourite in eight years of blogging.) I really liked Hue, because our visit contained my favourite things: old buildings and comfortable dorm rooms. Our hostel was Wild West-themed and I’m not convinced white people should be appropriating Native American culture any more than we already have, Continue reading
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