we got to saigon at 5 in the morning and found somewhere to stay we were directed down a tiny dirty cockroach ally and found a place which was suprisingly clean. Saigon was a bit like bangkok lots of motorbikes and kids trying to sell you everything from lighters to drugs We booked up a trip to the cu chi tunnels that were used by the viet cong in the war our guide was very good having been in the war, simon went to the shooting range and shot an m...

We got to nha trang about 7 and found the lotus hotel the place is more geared up for tourisum and has a beach with crystal clear waters, where we spent the day sunbathing and got burnt. We found a really nice place to eat and simon kept going on about how nice his spicey prawns were we spent the next day out of the sun and went to the same place to eat so simon could show me how good the prawns were We went on a island boat trip, and did some snork...

we got to hoi an and found a hotel ( hoa my) the best one yet , and went for a walk about, the place was quite small but really beautiful, there was a fishing port and lots of olde worldy houes and restarauts along the river. we were getting behind scheduale so only stayed a short while befor moving on to nha trang

We got to hue and found a hotel called hong thiene which had a tv, mini bar and aircon. the area was beautiful and the people very friendly a total contrast to vinh, there was loads of nice bars and restarunts by the side of the river, arsanal were playing on tv so we watched it in the hotel. the next day we were pestered by motorbike and cyclo drivers so much that we started to ignore them so they would leave us alone. We went to the forbidden city home o...

We wated to go to vietnam and were told it would mean going back the way we had come fromall the way back to vientiane. We would then have to get a bus, which ment a 35 hour bus journey from hell. We really didnt fancy 35 hours on a bus knowing that the journey always seems to take much longer We looked at a map and it showed a border crossing much closer but we were told tht it wasnt open to foreigners " how can a border crossing not be open to foreigners...