We are now in Hue and my God is it hot - 39 degrees!! We arrived at about 6pm on Tuesday evening. Just in time for a shower and some grub! Hue is a funny old place! It used to be the capital of Vietnam many years ago but yet there doesn't seem to be any real centre to it. There is the Imperial city which is where the emperor used to live with his crew until it got bombed in 1945, outside of it is the Citadel where the ordinary people lived at that time (they hav...

We finally reached Hoi An after a twelve hour night bus trip, and once again it is so different from the last city we were in. There is a really strong Japanese influence here in the architecture and everything is very compact. Much of Hoi An is based around the old town, and one of the biggest markets.... EVER!! It's huge!! Well, it seems that way when you're fighting for space with the stall owners, customers and random maniacs on motorbikes who seem to like t...

We are now in a very different part of the country - our first seaside and the view from our hotel overlooks the beach and islands. Our first afternoon here was spent wandering around Nha Trang from the beach to the pool, while we relaxed ahead of a busy schedule the next day! That night we found a great little spot called guava, it was a really chilled out bar with waitress service so we only had to move when we needed to pee...lovely! Needless to say we had to...

The drive here was amazing, miles and miles of mountains and jungles and we took lots of photos (although they might not turn out the best as they were taken on a bus on possibly the worst road ever). When we reached Da Lat it was set in the mountains and was gorgeous, when we drove in we were greeted by a huge lake and palace. The town itself was not so nice and a little daunting but once we'd had a look round we realised it was only because it is not a tourist ...

Our first few days in Ho Chi Minh have been just a little hot! 37 degrees...lovely! We arrived at 9pm Vietnam time in the middle of the Ho Chi Minh New Year celebrations. The taxi journey to the airport was a little hairy as there aren't any traffic lights but thousands of motorbikes driving along where they please! There appears to be absolutely no rules of the road at all, it's find an open gap and drive!! We got to see most of the city in between the airport...