So, I have been allowed another go at this. Picking up where we left off, we managed to finish the 4-day Easy Rider tour ok. Was good fun but I think we were both glad to reach Ho Chi Minh City (or Saigon for those of us non-Commies). The last couple of days of the Easy Rider tour were spent doing much of the same "behind the scenes" Vietnam stuff. Without boring you in too much detail, I now know how to illicitly produce rice wine, make tofu, produce ...

Right, so then. Andy here, getting my first stab at blog writing. We were sad to leave beautiful Hoi An, but realised that we needed to start heading south and trying to stick to something like our planned itinerary. Left Hoi An and got a taxi to Danang (about an hour) and then flew south to Dalat, where we taxi'd it in to our Hotel. This was a beautiful, restored French villa. Was one of 20 that the hotel had bought and had done up, all in about 100 acres or ...

Hi just letting you know we spent a lovely 4 or 5 days in Hoi An and have now flown further south to Dalat. Will update with a proper blog soon. xxxx

Our first stop heading south from Hanoi has been Hue (pronounced Hway, not Huw as we Brits tend to mis-pronouce it!). We didn't stay too long as we are aware that we are fast running out of days left in Vietnam, but we had a couple of days and stayed at a fantastic hotel (Orchid Hotel)…with the best breakfast…very high on Gemma's list of requirements for a hotel! So we spent a day doing some exercise…well walking round the city was exercise! Hue isn't the p...

Hi all, sorry the last couple of blog updates were brief...but here's what we've been up to: So we have now been in Vietnam for about 9 days and we both love it. We flew into Hanoi from Vientiane (Laos). Hanoi is a very busy but interesting city. The people are friendly, the food is delicious and there is lots to see and do. The only fault I can find is that everyone is trying to run you over…even if you're on the footpath, and you can't even get on there ve...