Arrived in Saigon in record time(5 minutes quicker ha ha) Found a guesthouse down an alley and settled in before heading out to explore. Out for a few drinks and dinner before heading off to bed. Friday (happy birthday to me) started early due to freezing all through the night having air con above my bed. Camille and me went and treated ourselves to a decent coffee before meeting Teresa & Tracy for breakfast. We (me & Camille) went on a day trip to C...

Today is the 23rd July apparently (I have lost all track of days and dates cos it just doesn't matter!) The bus was 6hours on Tuesday and the air con was a bit dodge so very glad to finally be off it. Mui Ne is on a 12km long beach and has quite an island feel about it, feels kind of like Raro to me apart form the vietnamese people of course. Our hotel is on the beach and has a pool and aircon for $USD7.50 each a night which is great and about 1/4 of the price...

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...