Another great day - so far. First I got a bike and just headed right - after going to the ATM. I found a pig and goat field beside what looks like a monastery that is being converted to a hotel. I had it to myself until the builders shooed me away. I then needed coffee and found a lovely little restaurant with two very scared looking girls who had just hired a scooter and were not enjoying the experience. They had been told they had to fill it up at the petrol ...

This morning I hired a scooter called Boris and he and I went off exploring. Sadly he got lost - well and truly lost in fact we ended up on the main highway to Hanoi. I am really glad I know how to ride a motorbike and have ridden one in Cambodia. Anyway we turned around came off the high way and I discovered google will tell me where to go even off line and in Vietnam- I love technology!! We found our way to Hoà Lu, which is the ancient capital of Vietnam. I p...

9am - On the coach. Today started with a trip around Ha Noi following a man on a motor bike. I started on foot, got on the coach and then we followed him in the coach as it went around picking people up, often in the middle of a junction - I suppose there is more space there!!. I have obviously joined a tour which I am not doing! I will be jumping ship at Tam Coc - doing my own thing for a couple of days and then joining another tour back on Saturday. This is bec...