Ho Chi Minh We had heard mixed reviews about Ho Chi Minh, some people hated it saying that the city was more hectic than Hanoi. We had also heard that it had the best night life in Vietnam and was very westernised. After having the past week in quite remote locations it was refreshing to be back in a buzzing city. We let Jake pick somewhere for dinner that eve, he had followed us to Ho Chi Minh so we had a couple of nights more with him. We bumped into an Ital...

Mui ne After a rather bumpy and uncomfortable journey from Dalat we were more than pleased to finally arrive in Mui ne. Luckily the bus driver dropped us just a short walk from the hostel. Although it must be said that it was not quite the front door service that many of the Vietnamese locals on board received. Mui ne consisted of numerous resorts, restaurants and some shops. It was quite a long strip that was parallel to the sea. Our hostel was again pretty dec...

Ninhvana Walking into the hostel at 5am, the building was more like a villa and the views of the sea made quite an impact. You could walk straight through the building out into the garden which had views of the mountains on the horizon out to sea. The sun was coming up through the clouds making for a colourful sky. I went and took pictures of the sea, the sky and the palm trees. It was beautiful, excitement for the next few days momentarily made me forget how t...

Night bus: Hoi An - Ninhvana We spent a good hour waiting at reception for our night bus. It did not arrive at the hostel, instead we were rushed into a taxi along with Seb and a boy we didn’t know. We were told we were the last ones to get on the bus and it was running late. The ticket system was madness. The woman at the ticket office wrote and rewrote paper tickets for us several times. The tickets were written in Vietnamese so when she finally gave them to...

The Hai Van Pass Instead of travelling by motorbike which lots of travellers attempt, we opted for a jeep ride to enjoy the views from the safety of a proper car. Saying this, the driver was pretty crazy on the roads. Despite taking up half the road he still attempted to overtake any vehicle he came across, all the while answering phone calls and smoking. But we weirdly felt safe being driven by him. We were in the jeep with a girl from Germany who was about to ...