Today we went to My Son, a series of temples from the 4th century onwards about an hour from Hoi An. My Son was an impressive place steeped in so much history. Archeologists still do not know how the temples were built without cement to hold them together and can not replicate the bricks perfectly either. When you look at some of the internal walls built over 1,000 years ago they are clean and red, yet next to them, a repaired wall built 80 years ago is covere...

This morning after getting to sleep around 2:30am, Rob and I checked out at 10am and as it was raining we decided to mull around the hotel for a bit hoping for the weather to improve so we could go for a good walk and visit the museum. As the rain didn't abate we stayed in the hotel lobby for a while and then walked around some local shops, popped in to Papaya Tshirts to say goodbye to the girls we met there yesterday and then waited for our bus to take us to Ho...

Amazing day!!! Just back from a wicked bar called Brown Eyes where we played pool with the locals and I drank one too many potent cocktails!! I left Rob dancing away and he eventually rolled in after 2am. We both had a blast! Before going to the bar, in the morning we went to the Citadel in Hue. A wonderful palace built in the 19 hundreds for the Emperor and his concubines. We then realised we had missed the tour to the tombs so decided to try our luck at a l...

Today, together with our two new pals Susie and Elaine, Rob and I went to Nim Binh for some adventures, and boy adventures did we have!! Our driver (yup, we had a private 4x4 this time as our butts and internal organs still hadn't recovered from the 4 hour bus ride the day before) took us to a temple first where we walked around and saw row upon row of carved stone Buddahs. We also walked up to the top of a great construction (note the lack of appropriate term...

Ok, the guy in the room next door to us is snoring soooop loudly that I think he is going to suck in the thin walls that separate us. I hope earplugs will work, though failing that I am going to have to consider checking out 'instant hit man.vn' Catch ya in a few Zzzzzzzzz (those zzz's belong to the guy next door because it's unlikely I will see any of these tonight! :p ) Agent Bleachy