Hue was a place steeped in history, with the citadel with 3 citadels within 1 and so many beautiful buildings. We wandered to the citadel through th bustling city. We also managed to explore the surrounding area near Hue on motorbikes, on the back (sorry for those who will not like that but I am back and safe now) we went and explored local countryside, villages making inscence and conical hats. We visited a pagoda and learnt about son of the symbols in Buddhis...

Hoi An was a beautiful old city with some real history and old buildings. We hired bikes to explore the city as it is one of the few places where bikes and cars are not allowed in the city centre so our safety on the chaotic roads was slightly better! It was incredibly beautiful with mountains, rivers, sea and old buildings. As expected some of th group got lots of lovely clothes made including suits and ball gowns. So much temptation but I am no designer so I ...

Saigon or Ho Chi Minh city was busy, big,cosmopolitan city where you could barter for cheap tat at the market or go all out on designer clothes, we opted for bartering at the markets! As well as shopping we ventured out to the chu chi tunnels where over 10 thousand Vietnamese people hid for about 10 years during the war with America. We got to crawl through one the bigger ones, which was a challenge for the slightly taller people! I know that I was uncomfortabl...

So we enjoyed the sea, sand, sunsets, seafood and cocktails in Shiankville. It was a very relaxed few days with a bit of shopping for good measure! We have crossed the boarder and are now UN Vietnam, Bribing boarder officials was a new concept but it meant we crossed it in under an hour....worth it in the midday Sun. So Vietnam seems a bit different from Cambodia, the roads and better an less bumpy and they actually wear the hats we see in the pictures! We w...

Well Ankor Eat is everything and more than expected...watching the sun rise was amazing and then we managed to explore 4 other temples on the huge site including the faces of bayon (my favourite) and the temple Lara Coft was filmed in! We have also visited a floating village where the people do not have the legal right to live in Cambodia so live on boats on the lake in the centre of the country. It was a surreal experience observing them farm crocodiles for...