New day, new country. I headed to Malaysia from Koh Lanta via a bus, 2 ferries, a Tuk Tuk and a taxi, and finally arrived in Langkawi with 3 new friends (and Jay).
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Coming 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.
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I’m sat writing this instalment of my blog in the Funky Buddha restaurant, drinking 241 cocktails and eating chocolate cake and ice cream. Bliss.
19th Oct
8am
An early rise again, we’re up and met by our trekking guide Shiva. He seems friendly, but we were running late which probably didn’t please him. We hopped on a small bus to the start point, then we see the steps. These are the steepest steps I’ve ever seen, but locals are basically running up them loaded with items like huge bags of rice and weekly shopping.
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