Hanoi has been our least favourite place in Vietnam, but that's because I'm not too keen on cities and everywhere else has been so good. The overnight bus journey was very comfortable, except that they put an extra person on in the night and he set up camp in the aisle next to me! Also Graham had to tie himself in as his seatbelt did not work and the drive was very bumpy! Yesterday we walked around the Hoam Kiem Lake, after finding a hotel, and saw some monume...

Our visit to Hue has been short but very sweet. The day we arrived we found a hotel whIch had been recommended to us, as it had a swimming pool, checked in and jumped straight into the pool as it was so hot and the electric had gone off in the area, so no fans or AC. Graham then went off exploring while I relaxed a little, as the bus journey that morning had not been great (AC was trickling out very slowly, so we were roasting!) He came back having found a cob...

Hoi An has been very relaxing.The overnight bus journey was a little tedious, but we got here eventually.We have an open bus ticket which gets us from Ho Chi Minh to Hanoi, and you pay different prices depending on how many stops you want to make along the way.Ours cost $36 each, to stop at Nha Trang, Hoi An and Hoi along the way.The bus is a sleeper, but different to what we got in India.There are 3 rows of single bed/seats with 2 aisles between them, and th...

We returned to Saigon for a couple of days for the Reunification Celebrations, but managed to miss them as Graham was ill!We did see some of it on TV though!We also did a little walking and saw the river, the Notre Dame Cathedral and the US embassy (Graham wanted to see it for some historical/ war related reason) but it is behind a big wall and they won't even let you take a picture of the sign!We think Graham maybe had a worm, but he's much better now. We took ...

Our time down in the Mekong Delta has been full of adventure, as we decided to go it alone.We had been advised by some friends we met in Phnom Penh that many tourists visit the Mekong Delta, but purely as day trippers on organised tours, so it was quite a good place to go to avoid the masses of tourists.So thank you for the advice Ali and Deano, and for the Vietmanese phrasebook which came in very handy! We used My Tho City as our bas e for 3 nights, and took ...