Our first day in Saigon was only a short one as we arrived at 6 in the evening. We have over the last couple of months managed to hone our bargaining for rooms, and managed to save ourselves a grand total of five dollars a night and still got a room with air conditioning, which is a must in this heat. After arranging our transport to Cambodia we decided to go and visit the War Remnants Museum (formerly known as the War Crimes Museum). This was a sombering experi...

Our first day in Mui Ne was a mixed day, either we were both really happy or really sad amd neither of us realized it until that night sat in a bar on the beach front (yeah I know how horrible for us?!). The day ended well though, other than Sarah hogging the bed (she's got it down to a fine art now as I don't notice till it's too late). We awoke the latest we have for a while, it was 11 O'clock, and decided after breakfast to do what we would end up doing for t...

Before I talk about Nha Trang I have to talk about the bus ride there. We had only paid for seating buses and when a sleeper bus arrived we were delighted. This delight was short lived after we tried three of the beds to find that they were not built for people as tall as Sarah, let alone me. What makes matters worse is the fact that the legs are enclosed and to turn you have to climb out and back in again at the desired angle. It is fair to say that that it was ...

After the sombre city of Hue we arrived in Hoi An around midday after one of the most picturesque bus rides so far. The bus took the coastal road which combined rolling mountains, the greenest fields you will ever see and sea views. After swearing that we would not check into the first hotel, we checked into the first hotel (as it had a swimming pool). We took a slow walk into town and were soon too hot so stopped for lunch. I had a local specialty, noodles, whi...

The bus ride from Hanoi to Hue was probably the worse journey we have undertaken so far. We were picked up in a minivan to collect our tickets and were then put back on the minivan. Everybody in the van had chosen the sitting bus tickets (rather than sleeper bus where you get a bed for more money) as well so Sarah and I were worried that we had a further 13 hours in these cramped conditions. The relief was obvious when we were dropped off at an air conditioned co...