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How to Get From Hanoi to Cat Ba Island – The Cheapest & Best Way 2023

Because there are a few different routes to get from Hanoi to Cat Ba Island, planning your trip can be a little confusing. If it’s your first backpacking trip there, we’ve done the research so you don’t have to. We’re going to tell you the cheapest and best ways to...

Where To Stay On Cat Ba Island

Looking for where to stay on Cat Ba Island? Well we got you covered! Simply have a flick through this post, choose the best place to stay for your budget and then you can get in with planning the real adventures that await you on Cat Ba Island and surrounding Lan Ha...

15 Awesome Things To Do In Cat Ba Island Vietnam

A small island just off the North West coast, Cat Ba is one of our favourite places in Vietnam. Most people just visit to explore Lan Ha Bay, a budget friendly alternative to Halong Bay. But with so many awesome things to do in Cat Ba Island we recommend you stay a...

How To Stay Safe When Renting A Motorcycle in South East Asia

If you’ve been to South East Asia before you’ll know that the preferred choice of transport is the motorcycle. In busy cities the roads are so packed with them that as a pedestrian you just have to pick a small gap in the traffic and go, keeping your...

Discovering Phong Nha – The Most Spectacular Caves in the Whole World

Over the past couple of decades Phong Nha National Park has transformed from a sleepy backwater in the middle of nowhere to an essential stop off on the Vietnam backpacker trail. There’s only really one reason that people come to Phong Nha and that’s to...

An Amazing Lan Ha Bay Boat Tour on a Budget

We’d been extremely excited about visiting Ha Long Bay and the neighbouring Lan Ha Bay, as many of our friends who’d been had said it was a standout highlight of their trip to Vietnam. The photos we’d seen depicting hundreds of sculpted, jagged...