So after a few hours on a bus we arrived at our hotel in Hue (pronounced Hhhwhay). We've been quite enjoying the bus journeys as we've been using a good company with nice clean buses and very efficient too. All the buses are sleeper buses which have three rows of beds and two very narrow aisles in between. The beds only seem to be made for very small slim people so it's a bit of a squeeze sometimes. You get a pillow and a blanket and your bed is set a...

So Tom managed to get us a really good deal for about £13 a night at a nice hotel with looovely swimming pool and breakfast buffet included, bonus! Whilst here we hired bikes and cycled to and around the Old Town. We couldn't have picked a hotter day! What a lovely little place though. Hoi An is a historic town with wonderful architecture, full of character, set along the riverside. Hoi An used to be a major port and The Old Town is now a Unesco World Herit...

We went from the cool wet hills of Dalat back onto the coast to the seaside resort of Nha Trang. We almost didn't go because of the awful beach we found at Mui Ne. We were much more impressed with our time here. Nha Trang was very modern compared to other places in Vietnam, it had a number of tall hotels along the beach which reminded us more of Miami. The beach was clean and there were lots of nice restaurants for us to try. Apart from a spot of sunbathing ...

We'd not had any idea what to expect from Dalat as we'd only decided to go at the last minute. Was supposed to be good for some nice walks. It was a pleasant place set high in the hills away from the coast. It had a very wet and quite cold climate which was extremely welcome and felt very much like the UK in summer. We didn't do much here as it rained 75% of the time but we did visit the lake in the town centre and go for a few wanders – gettin...

After Phu Quoc we had to head back to Saigon for an evening and then got on a bus early the next morning to yet another beach town called Mui Ne. The Lonely Planet describes it as one of the best beaches in South East Asia so we thought we better have a look at it on the way up. Well we arrived and finally found a half decent room right on the beach after half an hour of searching. We settled into our new digs and went out to see this magnificent beach. What a l...