Well well well....this email comes to you straight from the heart of Ho Chi Min City (Saigon). And what a beautiful city it is! I think my last update was sent from the beach side town of Nah Trang......well that was a week ago now, as we ended up staying there a lot longer than either of us expected. It was a beautiful beach, and great nightlife, including some awful bucket cocktails with cheap Vietnamese vodka....which, don't get me wrong, were nice enoug...

Hello all, hope this update finds you all well! My last email to you all was after my mammoth walking session in the mountainous region of Sapa Valley.....well you'll be pleased to hear that i am now fully recovered, no longer have jelly legs, or muscle ache.......Anja and I seriously overindulged that day, but have made up for it since with some well needed beach time! From Sapa we headed back South to Hanoi, and were joined on the overnight train by...

Hello all......... I read in a local Vietnamese paper today that Bill Gates has paid the Vietnam capital a visit in order to hopefully increase their information technology industry out here.......and having been here a week, i can without fail say that they need his help!!! Few internet establishments have more than one computer, and if they do they run at a snails pace........and cd drives for loading photos are pretty non-existent........however yeste...

I LOVE IT HERE!!! This is by far the highlight of my trip thus far! And so long as things carry on the way they have panned out during my first day then i am really going to enjoy it here. Vietnam lacks the tourist accessibility of Thailand. It is cultural, authentic, friendly, and a travelling dream! Nothing is on a plate here, everything has to be looked for, for example took me an hour to do a fifteen minute journey and find my way back to the gues...

Hello All, I've been so looking forward to writing that in the subject field- Gooooood Morning Vietnam!! I have arrived safe and sound, and will just fill you in on the developments of the past ten days.....plenty to tell as always! My last update saw me in Phuket, where i was being given the royal tour guide treatment by my brothers friend Rob and his girlfriend Wan. Needless to say this treatment continued and i was throughly spoilt for places to se...