Since arriving in Da Lat, my opinion on Vietnam has gone full circle; first I liked it, then I hated it & now I love it!! Da Lat is a bizarre place, it's a French Hill Station, but it has the same sort of nostalgia as a British Seaside resort, with lots of weird & wonderful Summer Holiday type things to do. The town has an eclectic mix of architecture, with French Chalets, Alpine Lodges, Churches, Traditional Vietnamese Houses, Pretty Pagodas & Farmho...

Since leaving Saigon, I've been through a lot: Robbed, Ripped Off & Abused by Incompetent Policemen... just your average day in 'Nam... The trauma started when my new camera magically disappeared out of the back of a taxi on our way to Hoi An, imagine my horror. Fearing the worst, I demanded that the driver take us to the police station, but instead he got in the car & drove off, he'd probably stashed it in the glove compartment. Having travelled for 4 mo...

Our first few days in Vietnam have mostly been spent trying to give our new 'friend' the slip. The 40-Year-Old German latched onto us on the border crossing from Cambodia & then insisted on us doing EVERYTHING together! At first he was OK but the day after we met him, he knocked on our door at 8 in the morning & when we lay in bed ignoring him, he went & called our room from reception! This is when I realised he was trouble. Now I know we're the kind ...