Hanoi - 12 midnight Curfew - Very friendly place, yeah right. Only time you see police is when they come round to check everyone has gone home for curfew and everywhere is closed, no where to be seen when all the gangs are holding folk up. Not much to say bout the place, we planned to stay for 4 nights but cut this in half very quickly. Seen Ho Chi Minh himself, died 30 years ago but still being kept 'pickled' for everyone to see. No photos, weren't allowed to t...

Following our 3rd and most uncomfortable over night train we stopped off briefly in Hanoi, just long enough to get flooded in, but the breakfast we had was good so cant complain. After a concerning morning about not getting to see Halong Bay we made it there in one piece, no thanks to worst bus driver ever - randomly braking hard to make sure we couldnt sleep. We got on our own wooden boat and were served a very impressive seafood lunch, the crab and shrimp were...

We left Hoi An and travelled up the coast to Hue via the Hoi Van Pass / Sea Cloud Pass which was interesting considering our drivers capability behind the wheel and the state of the bus! We called off on the way at the MArble mountains where the Vietnamese have carved out a stairway up the side of the mountains and use the natural caves as temples, which look very impressive, especially those with a little opening in the top to let the light pour in. Once in Hue...

Hoi An, brilliant place, highlight of Vietnam so far, too tired to write so summaries with few words steam train to Danag Bed Bugs Boat Trip then steam boat Too many tailors Cau Lau is fantastic Ear piece/microphone straws everywhere Tatoos and decorating the bar with pen All night beach and pool party All over again tonight, we love Hoi An!

One steam train later we're in Nha Trang. Brilliant wee coastal town, 2 days opf taking it easy, eating and drinking as much as we can. Hotel waspretty much on the beach so played alot of football/volleyball