Anyone who has visited Saigon, would I'm sure use the same word to sum up the city- 'Moped'. The sheer number and drone of their engines is the inescapable first impression. Our guide informed us that half of the 10 million population own a motorbike. A staggering statistic but a walk along any street in central Saigon will confirm this is not fictitious. The sheer number of mopeds mixed with buses, taxis, the odd car and occasional traffic light, produces what c...

Sometimes when traveling, simply with a bit of fortunate timing and coincidence you can stumble upon a priceless moment. This happened halfway through our 9 hr train journey north from Nha Trang to Danang..... After a couple of hours sleep, we opted for a stroll from the relative comfort of our 4 bunk sleeper carriage to the front buffet car. This return journey took us through the 2nd class 6 bunk carriages and then standard but reclinable seating and gave us ...

After 2 months of blue skies of which the last 6 wks have been blistering hot, we have finally found some of that wet stuff falling from the sky. In fact a little too much as a lot of the roads on the coast of Vietnam were flooded, but just about passable on our bus ride to Nha Trang. There doesn't seem too much point in touring islands in the rain, so we have taken some downtime to reflect on the first 2 months of our trip....which has gone amazingly quickly! W...

As our boat slowly trudges it's way though the murky vast expanse of river, we have traded daily battles with the countless mopeds of Saigon for the numerous rowing, long tailed or larger boat traffic of the Mekong Delta. The area is home to 400 km of waterways and a quarter of Vietnam's 80 million population. No where does a country's economy and it's people depend more on a life force of a river than Vietnam! The river not only supplies fish and a crucial tran...

With my heart still pounding, arms shaking and ears ringing from the shooting range, the tour moved swiftly on to the main attraction, a section of Viet Cong tunnel. Specially widened to allow tourist access, this section of tunnels is entered through a bunker. Dropping to around 3 metres we then crawled through a short twisty section of these historical war remains. As you squat crawl through the tunnels, legs starting to burn and your body temperature rising ra...