Since Jon last updated you then has been more rain, but this time it was fun. Let me explain. We left Hue for Hoi An not really expecting much but tailors everywhere (it is renound for its tailors) but we were plesantly surpised. Don;t get me wrong, there are tailors on every corner (I had three dresses and a pair of flip flops made- all dirt cheap) but there is more to Hoi An than meets the eye. The river than runs through the centre of town is large and leads to a beautiful beach and crystal clear sea (which is where I believe all the amazing shrimp we ate came from!) The centre of the town is small and lively with local restuants and bars a plenty- we sampled quite a few! We were lucky enough to be in Hoi An for Earth Day so at 8.30 pm the town was plunged into darkness. Millions of candles were set off down the river and it was a beautiful sight. Across the bridge were a large group of locals, gatheredound a bonfire, singing and dancing. It was such fun and a shame that the lights were only out for an hour! We spent the rest of our 2 days in Hoi An lazing by the pool- yes thats right, our hotel had a pool, bonus. It was hot and Jon's adament "nooo" everytime I went near him with the suncream means that he is now peeling- its a good look!

From Hoi An it was a day train for us to NahTrang; a city that litero has nothing in it. It rained for two days soildly.... hard, hot, rain but we found a posh resort that let you use the pool for free so we spent our days in the pool letting the rain hit our faces. The only way to spend a night in the rain is, apparently, inside a bar so off to the sailors club we went and danced the night away. Grace and I were taught by a local how to do a sun dance. We must have got the moves wrong though as the next day, the sun defo wasn't shining.

We are now in Ho Chi Minh City, formally Saigon. It is as hot as Hanoi with a little less air and a lot more motorbikes traversing the streets. We arrived at 5.30am today on our poshest overnight train to date a little weary but very excited as we were off to the Cu Chi Tunnels- very famous in the resistance against America. It was amazing there. It has not become commerical, so apart from a very one sided video about the war at the start, the area remains the same. We saw booby traps, and the insturments used for digging and some of the tunnels themselves. They stretch for over 250KM and were used for over 20 years in the war time. Jon went down a few tunnels not meant for tourists and came back up exclaiming how tiny they were and narrow and dark. I went in to the "tourist" tunnel with Jon. It was airless and scary, scrambling on hands and knees- I only made 20 metres before freaking out and finding a way out, Jon managed 60! The tunnels are all on different levels and are so intricate and clever. Tomorrow we are going to the war museum to learn a little more about it all.

On Sunday we are crossing the border into Cambodia so will catch up then.