Monday 29th - Wednesday 31st January 2007 Arrived in Hoi An which is a lovely little town. Its heavily influenced by Chinese and Japanese architecture 'cause of the trade back in the 18/1900s which makes it quite quaint (for want of a better word). There's not much here except riverside restaurants, the old town & an abundance of tailor shops. Gaz found a good one and had two suits made which we thought were excellent quality but maybe our mums willt...

THURSDAY 18TH JANUARY 2007-SUNDAY 28TH JANUARY 2007 Hit the Bia Hoi bar straight away (10p a pint local beer!). Ended up drinking with these 3 Vietnamese 'Easy Riders' and several hours later Kym was well on her way! On the way home managed to find a pizza place that was still open and had the nicest pizza we have ever had!(ok, the beer might have made it a bit tastier) The waiter was an absolute legend!was over the moon that we were asking him to teach ...

TUESDAY 16TH JANUARY 2007 Spent the dy on the beach sunning ourselves which was a welcome change after Phnom Penh & Siagon WEDNESDAY 17TH JANUARY 2007 Chilled on the beach in the morning then hired a jeep in the afternoon to explore Mui ne. Went to the fairy stream first which was a beautiful natural landscape with smallish limestone mountains covered in red sand with a sand-bed river flowing alongside.Walked alongside the river to the rice paddies & t...

FRIDAY 12TH JANUARY 2007/ SATURDAY 13TH JANUARY 2007 Fri pretty much a day of travel. Sat got more exciting. Proboably the best day so far. Went to the Cu Chi tunnels (used during the Vietnam war). On the way we stopped at a handicapped handicrafts shop which Gaz labelled a con 'cause he only saw 1handicapped peron working! Then came the tunnels which in their day stratched straight from Saigon to the Cambodian border. Gaz squeezed through one of the origina...

JANUARY 12TH 2007 Took the 7 hour bus into Vietnam (Saigon) for $3.5-shows just how cheap travel is in Asia, with 'Happy Tour' When we got to their office it was clear where they came up with the name-they were so friendly they must have been on something! At night we explored the local market and tried out the local specialities-the beer went down nicely but the beef noodle soup is rank!something about noodle soop just knocks me sicK!Saigon is much alik...