Yaawwnnnnn!! Surprise, surprise and it's an early start to our last full day in Vietnam, we had to be ready to rock and roll by 7.30am, otherwise we would miss the floating fruit and vegetable market.And it's still raining!! Come to Vietnam, they said, Lovely warm weather in the dry season, they said. Oh yeah, so why am I in the grips of the tail end of a typhoon???The restaurant is on the top floor and I could see that the rain was still doing its stair...

It was yet another early start today and either the manic door kicker checked out yesterday or he changed rooms, but I woke up naturally with no alarm, which is always a good way to wake.A good shower and hair wash and I felt ready to face the Toaster.I met up with Celia in the lift so we sat together for breakfast. I deftly slung a couple of pieces of bread into the gaping mouth of the Devil's Toaster and grabbed some pineapple. Out slid the toast, not even ...

Having blown out the optional Cyclo trip, I decided on a bit of a lie in, or at least until around 9am. The Cyclo would have been fun if it was a nice sunny day but, well, it wasn't.For those who think I am spelling cycle wrongly, I'm not. A Cyclo is a variation of the three wheeler. It looks like a three wheeler assembled backwards. Your driver sits behind you and does all the pedalling. Meanwhile, you sit in an overgrown baby buggy and take in the sigh...

Do you know, living out of a suitcase is a lot easier with packing cubes? We are on the move again, on our way to Saigon/Ho Chi Min City. Our flight was 10ish, so quite an early breakfast and a dash to the airport, with a full day of travelling before us.Da Nang is quite a nice airport, lots of shops and cafes etc to keep you occupied.We took off more or less on time, expecting it to be a bit of a bumpy flight as Nam has told us there is a typhoon coming. Person...

Last night I decided on an early alarm as we had to be on our way by 8am. I was up and eating breakfast by 6.40. I had an omelette this time but somehow there was no taste to it. The American style crispy bacon just didn't work either and the muffin was full of candied fruit, so once again I left the breakfast table wanting. Today was our cooking lesson! Vietnamese style. Nam escorted us over to the Red Bridge restaurant in the pouring rain, where we sat an...