Saigon or Ho Chi Minh, the French name and the North Vietnamese name when Uncle Ho's army kicked out the US Army. A city with 2 names confuses me, but the actual city is pretty strightforward. We spent a day walking through the city at a very leisurely pace. Finding an Italian which did poached eggs for breakfast (to Kim's delight) and an amazing ice cream parlour (called Fanny). The most moving museum we've been to has to be the War Remnants museum. Which gives...

Our Easy Rider trip...........when we first heard about this we imagined there was only one company which provided these guides and motorbikes to take you into the heart of the country. However within minutes of being in Nha Trang we'd been offered a lot, this is Vietnam afterall, the land of counterfeit! The guys we had were Bao and Bon. They had done many trips before and had very good English, so after a brief introduction they bagged our rucksacks and strapp...

Well we've been here for 3 nights and we depart tomorrow. The journey here wasn't too bad, it was 12 hours but the bus was reasonably comfortable so we managed to sleep OK. Soo much better than the sleeper buses which are more expensive and the beds are are crippling for anyone over 5ft. Nha Trang has a 6km beach (a little littered) and is quite lively with lots of developments up and coming, like the Sheraton is getting built and a few other big hotels.The hast...

Blog time once again! After Halong Bay our next destination was Ninh Binh, 4 hours by local bus which we shared with one other couple from Spain and the rest were locals. Ninh Binh itself hasn't much to offer but the surrounding countryside is beutiful. The sun began to shine and for the next 2 days we hired a scooter and explored. I kept the bike between the hedges, while Kim acted as my mirrors, navigator and photographer! We went to Tam Coc caves where a litt...

So it is finally time for me to add something to our travel blog.. my excuse is that Brian is better than me at it ... here goes.... We travelled to Cat Ba Island, one of the largest islands on Halong Bay, from here we hoped to organise a tour around the bay. The journey should have taken about 3hours by road and a further 35km from the port to the island by boat..... somehow we went slightly wrong with the boat part and ended up on a touring boat which docked...