Well, that's Vietnam done, on time and on budget ... for now! We've had to be quite strict with daily allowances of money but it has meant we've stuck to the budget. It isn't quite the spirit of travelling we perhaps had in our minds 2 years ago but on such a long trip it's necessary. If anyone has been inspired by the blog and is wondering how much it's all gonna cost we've done most things we wanted to do on $20 each per day. Vietnam has been a real contr...

22 hours on the bus became 25 but we've arrived in Saigon or Ho Chi Minh City. Room isn't great but cheap! We're off sightseeing today, will post photos in a couple of days. Just letting you all know we got here ok! Greg and Steph xxx

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...