Waiting for the bus to pick us up to take us down the coast to Mui Ne (Mooneee). Its meant to be a 4 hour drive but according to people we met yesterday its more like 6 - 7 hours which isn't a surprise at all these days. The trip out to the islands yesterday was good as well as interesting. Not what we expected but a good day none the less. We were picked up at about 8.45am and put onto a sleeping bus which is basically three rows of bunks that they use for lon...

Our last day in Hoi started early (well min and Tracys did) . Up at 4.30am for a pick up at 5am to go to My Son Holy ground. It was my initiation and I am now ready for Angkor Wat when we get there. Very glad we only walked for an hour or so because by 8am the heat was a killer and I don't think we could've lasted much longer. Managed to get 3 dresses made which Im extremely happy with, no shoes for me though - maybe in HCMC. Had a couple of local specialtie...

Well here we are in Hoi An. Another full on few days... Halong Bay was amazing - thousands of tiny islands about an hour or so off the coast in the Gulf of Tonkin. We stayed on a traditional junk for the night and had the most amazing food. Transfers from and to Hanoi (about 3 hours each way) a night on the boat, 2 lunches, dinner and breakfast all for $99. Felt like we were eating continuously. We were taken to a floating fishing village and went kayakin...

Leaving Hanoi tomorrow morning bright and early for Halong Bay. We will be out on the water cruising in a junk overnight visiting limestone caves, snorkelling and kayaking. Can't wait. We were out and about today doing some shopping and went for a walk to Hoan Kiem lake which isn't too far from where we are staying. It's like an oasis in the middle of complete chaos! We went to the water puppet theatre tonight which was good before heading off to dinner and ...

Just arrived in Hanoi... We left Luang Prabang on Friday, catching the "VIP" bus to Vang Vien. What we thought would be a 5 hour trip in air conditioned comfort complete with toilet turned out to be a 7 hour trip in air conditioned discomfort being subjected to Chinese films and Laos hip hop music! With the toilet being avoided at all costs by myself! We arrived in Vang Vien finally, found a guesthouse and wandered around settliing down in a ba...