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...