Part Two. So, after learning to cross the road on day one it was time to actually explore the city and find out if we liked it. We had been told that Hanoi was pretty, but to be honest we didn't really see it. There are some great French colonial buildings dotted about the place and some other more recently built buildings that are certainly very grand but I think we had been spoiled a bit in New Zealand for scenic beauty and Hanoi left us a bit cold on the fro...

Goooooood morning Vietnammmmm!!! I think it is practically the law that we start our first Nam blog with that line and given that this is a commie country who are we not to toe the line. Vietnam is the start of our three and a half month tour of South East Asia which will go on to take in such hot spots as Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Bali before we head back to England. It was a wrench to leave New Zealand (not that we had much choice real...