Day 13 to 19
07/16/2016 to 07/22/2016 – Day 13 to 19 Departure from Da Nang, a stop in Hanoi, arrival in Hong Kong, last destination of our trip. Our week there was amazing thanks to my friends from Hong Kong. You welcomed us in your city in the best way possible. I could never thank you enough for all the thing...
Day 9 to 12
07/12/2016 to 07/15/2016 – Day 9 to 12 Our day in Hanoi was busy: we continued our visit of the city and helped a kid improve his English. After a short night in the train, we arrived in Hue, the ancient capital of the city. We visited the imperial city, the Thien Mu Pagoda and the tomb of Tu Duc. A...
Day 5 to 8
07/08/2016 to 07/11/2016 – Day 5 to 8 The trek is finally done! It was hard... but we're proud we did it despite the hot weather (40°C)! We don't know exactly the distance we've traveled the last three days, but we know it is around 30 km. Each evening we arrived at a new guest house where the peopl...
Day 4
07/07/2016 – Day 4 After a short night on the night train to Lao Cai in the north-west of the country, we met our new guide Pham. He and his driver brought us to Sapa, a touristic town in the mountains. We left our luggages in an hotel and only took with us our backpacks for a trek of 4 days. We sta...
Day 2 & 3
07/05/2016 & 07/06/2016 – Day 2 & 3 On monday morning we left for Halong Bay. Instead of being enjoyed by the good weather, we encontered havy rains that lasted for several hours. We were able to book a boat just for the two of us in which we could savor an exquisite meal while heading towards the i...
Day 1
07/04/2016 - Day 1 We left early yesterday to take the train at Lille Europe towards Aéroport Charles-de-Gaulle. Once arrived there, we learned that we have been upgraded to the Premium Class (not the Business Class unfortunately). We didn't complain, we could use the priority queues, our seats were...
Day 0
07/02/2016 - Day 0 In less than 24 hours me and Laurens will leave Belgium for our trip to Vietnam and Hong Kong. We've been planning this trip for months now, and it's finally here! Tomorrow we'll be heading to the train station of Lille Europe. From there we will take the train to the Charles de G...