Part 72: Nha Trang.... I tried my very best to get comfortable on the bus, but quickly realised that no matter how much I moved and wriggled, this was as good as it was going to get for me. Plus the same incessant beeping as we over-took scores of chugging mopeds started to make my head spin already! Luckily we would be stopping in Hoi An, which conveniently enough, is only 40km away from Da Nang for a few hours to pick up more passengers - meaning we would get...

Part 71: Marble mountain.... The emergence of Da Nang as a major happening place was clearly evident so far; it really has the feel of a new up and coming destination. For me it offers way more than just a bus change over point, or fly through to the more popular backpackers destination Hoi An, and I'm glad we decided on spending a few days here to see it first hand. Other than just sightseeing, we were busy eating our way around the city, tasting all the regi...

Part 70: The White Buddha.... I'm so easily pleased sometimes. It was the first time I slept in a bunk bed at hostel with curtains all the way round the bed, which seemed to make a big difference for some reason; I had a really good nights rest. The way I see it, you get to appreciate all the simplicity's whilst you are away from home for so long and tend to make the most of the all little things - it goes a long way. We were up in time for freshly made French...

Part 69: Da Nang.... Now this was much more like it. If only we had this very same bus from Hanoi to Hue. I sat back in the fully reclined seat, legs extended out, watching cartoons on the wide screen TV just above the drivers head - texting my brother in the UK on wifi, who was tracking my moving location all the while by satellite. He was actually giving me a running commentary of what lay ahead on the roads; oh the marvels of modern technology! This whilst...

Part 68: Hue... When the we arrived at Hue, all I kept thinking about was laying down fully stretched out on a flat bed instead of the horrendously uncomfortable chairs we just endured for the last 18 hours!! I cant tell you how happy we were to see the back of the bus from hell - that was one tough experience! The coach dropped us off at a random street which I believed to be the bus station, actually it was more of a hut with a travel office! Our bags were ...