We decided to push the boat out here and spent 30 USD on a beach bungalow in a resort on Long Beach!! Big spenders we know. The island is about 60km by 20km so not too big, but the biggest in Nam. It's famous for it's fish sauce, which the airline has banned from their planes due to the pungent smell. So the only way out for a souvenir is by ferry. It's also famous for it's little ridgeback dogs, and there was me thinking they only came from Africa! The storm u...

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...