The bus left Hanoi at 7.30pm on 19th June. We arrived in Vientiane at 5.30pm on 20th June!! When we left the bus station, everything was fine, we had good seats, could recline our seats and only had one person sitting in front of us so we had good leg room. The minute that we left the bus station, the driver started picking up hitch hikers!! On the back seat there was about 10 Vietnamese people lying on top of each other!!!! We managed to get a couple of hou...

We arrived in Hanoi pretty exausted, and just stayed at the guesthouse that they dropped us off at. It was in the middle of the old quarter where we wanted to stay anyway, and we managed to get them down to 8 dollars for an air conditioned room! We just wandered around the city, Jack ate some pigeon... see pictures... and had a look at the markets etc. We weren't too keen on staying long in Hanoi, it was increadibly hot and increadibly busy. We decided to get...

We arrived in Hue at about 1.00pm and found a nice guesthouse which was run by a Vietnamese family. One of the ladies was really old and crazy - she pinched both mine and Jack's bums on the way out the guesthouse, and punched me in the stomach! First time i've ever been battered by an old lady!! They didnt speak any English, but we managed to communicate somehow!! That afternoon James and I went to the forbidden city. It was worth going to see, but after Ang...

We found a guesthouse after walking around for about half an hour - it was nice, and in a good location right on the river. There's not a great deal to do in Hoi An, but it is famous for tailoring, so I got a suit made, 2 dresses and a winter jacket for NZ. Each dress was 7pounds, the suit 20pounds and the jacket 10pounds! Jack got a suit too - a red one, with flairs and black and red lining down the sides - I'm sure you've all seen the photos by now...!! We ...

We arrived in Nha Trang to find that it was incredibly busy due to a week long festival going on - we looked at about 15 guesthouses (which were all full!) until we found one near the centre. To cut costs, we shared with Simon and Scarlett, so paid a quarter of the price! Nha Trang is very nice, but very busy. One day I went to the mineral baths with 6 other people (Jack said it wasn't his thing!) and it was excellent, really relaxing. You sit in a mud bath...