Well, we've had a very nice couple of days and the weather has improved 100%! Hue to Danang was lovely, some people were going on the coach but the train journey really was one of the most scenic we could have wished for. The train itself was absolute chaos and there were lots of puking kids but the view out the window made up for that. The bus from Danang to Hoi An picked us up right outside the train station. Hoi An is probably our favourite place so far, t...

During a tour today some aussies told us about the boat sinking in Vinh so we thought we'd just post a quick message to reassure you that it had nothing to do with us. It is about 300km to the north but we know some of you would like the reassurance. Being ripped off, or avoiding being ripped off is a really big deal in Vietnam. What ever you buy here from coke to bus tickets it constantly feels as though you're paying over the odds. We've tried to learn some...

Hey everyone, thanks alot for all your messages it's really nice to get to a hostel and find messages waiting on our message board. We've arrived in Hue and already we like it more than Hanoi, the pace is much slower and people don't use their horns as indicators. We took the overnight sleeper bus from Haiphong which was a real experience, couldn't take too many pics but there was essentially bunk beds where the seats should be. They were obviously meant for V...

Well, what a busy couple of days it's been! We will try and remember best we can. Wed - well we only just made the 7.20am bus to Haiphong we didn't pay (the woman at the kiosk just shouted at us!) but we were ushered on to the bus and hoped for the best. After 3 hours on the bus during which we managed to sleep (and buy but not recieve a ticket) we arrived in Haiphong where we were transfered to another bus. Now, our LP book said that we'd get a boat from the har...

Hello everyone, Steph's taking a nap so I thought I'd just update the blog quickly. The hostel we're staying in at the moment has free internet so it's easy to do, might not always be the case. We've been to Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum which was well worth the 20p entry. Seeing a dead body with a military guard was a bit odd the the building itself is very impressive. Also been to Museum of Ethnology. If anyone's reading this and is planning a trip to Vietnam th...