Follow Me Across The World
Da Lat
This town is one of the only tourist towns that is inland, and the drive there was pretty cool, though mountains and down curvy roads. Waterfalls are the main draw here, and you can abseil down them which looks like a lot of fun! I didn’t indulge in this $40 experience, and just looked from afar. Although at Dambri Waterfalls, you can get a toboggan roller-coaster down to see the falls which was great fun.
Read MoreComing from Laos, there are two options to get to Hanoi, the hub of North Vietnam. The bus, which takes over 24 hours and costs around £15, and a flight, which costs around £90 and takes an hour. Now as much as I’d have loved to have saved some money, I was still hung over from Vang Vieng and 24 hours sharing a small bed with a random person was making my stomach churn. Off the the airport it was!
Landing in Hanoi, I had pre-booked a taxi via my hostel, as the shuttle bus to the city doesn’t run at night (I landed at 9:30pm), so it was an easy journey into old quarter, which is where many of the backpacker hostels are.
Read More
