We enjoyed our last breakfast buffet in Hoi An - really one of the high points of the whole stay, with the staff determined to look after their longest staying guests (possibly ever, for this team). We had the hotel organise the transfer to the airport and truly, from Hoi An to Da Nang Airport, it's a solid hour during the morning rush hour and it probably felt like longer. It was a long way. It was a change for us to not be leaving at stupid-o'clock and we had ...

It's nice when a plan comes together. We last visited Hoi An in January 2019 - after Ho Chi Minh City and before Hue, Hanoi, Phu Quoc and then on to Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar, India and Sri Lanka. Suffice it to say it was lucky we enjoyed our restful time in Hoi An in January 2019 - because we didn't stop until the March. As much as we want things to stay the same in this world, we know it's not possible, usual or, sometimes, even desirable. But jeez it's...

Back in the US, back in the US, Back in the USSR... Da'nang me, Da-nang me, oughta take a rope and hang me - higher than the highest tree… (to quote The Beatles and also Robin Williams in 'Goodmorning Vietnam!' - here we are, back in Saigon (which is still used a whole lot more than the well-deserved but loooong Ho Chi Minh City). Saigon? Much easier. Lazy? Not us. Well most people, yes, because it is almost a moral and economic sin here to be energetic. ...