Adventure Updates
This was the adventure of a lifetime. We saw some of the rarest geology on the planet, and caved through 5km of limestone underneath snakes, boars, tigers and the rest of the thick, war torn Vietnamese...
A debacle of a bus ride to get here, the land of massive caves.
Cao Bang, where we were coming form, isn’t exactly on the tourist trail. It’s also not populated either. So the only bus is...
One more stop in the cold mountains for us, and that is the town and province of Cao Bang.
The journey here was an adventure in itself. We took the “local bus,” which is just a 20 seat minivan...
The night buses are getting easier. Or maybe they are not. But it was seven hours back deep into the Northern Vietnam mountains for us. Our goal was a motorbike tour of the Ha Giang province, to witness...
We were dancing, and moving, Ninh Binhing around. We were shaking, and grooving Ninh Binhing around. Our little jingle for the backcountry exploration around Ninh Binh province.
We never actually went...
After a quick taste the day before, we were now ready for the full adventure that the limestone islands of Lan Ha Bay would bring.
The cruise started at 11 in the morning, and travelled maybe half an...
A long sleeper bus to the coast took us from the mountains to the ocean. We woke up to the oversized bus trying to fit on an undersized ferry. A nervous Cam took a quick survey of the nearby emergency...
Nestled near the Vietnamese-Chinese border in north west Vietnam is what once was a small agricultural town centre of Sapa. Now a tourist hotspot, this rapidly growing town is flocking with tourists to...
A whole new country. A whole new continent, literally on the other side of the world. A whole new set of adventures.
We shared a cab to our Hostel with Astrid and Helena, two gals Cam had met in the...
Well, the longest travel itinerary of our lives was now upon us. Sao Paulo, Brazil to Hanoi, Vietnam. 17,000km. Four flights, and an estimated 72 hours of travel. But we would get there.
The plan is...