We have just spent the last 2 days onboard a lazy river boat through the Mekong Delta to Phnom Pehn. The Mekong Delta is a waterway with numerous rivers, canals, and streams. It is by far the most interesting way to cross borders to Vietnam. Along the Mekong Delta we find boats of all shapes and sizes, houses on stilts and the floating variety, resturants and most famously markets. We leave HCMC early morning and within an hour we are surrounded by rice paddy fie...

Its 6am when we arrive in Saigon, the roads are buzzing as expected and its a humid 35 degrees. I had a sleepless night on the bus and in this heat I have the potential for extreme mardyness. To get to our hostel we walk through a market selling fish and mystery meats, the smell is unbearable. At 8:30am we leave for the Cu Chi tunnels, one of the most famous remnants from the Vietnam war. I don't know much about the war but our tour guide is excellent and gives ...

Touch down in Mui Ne, one more lazy beach town won't hurt. We felt the need to visit just one more beach resort and had heard good things about this place so this morning we jumped on a 7 hour bus to the little town of Mui Ne. With only one main street and nothing much to do here apart from relax we've had another peaceful afternoon preparing ourselves for the carnage in Saigon. We have checked in at Bien dau resort, with its own private coconut beach and littl...

SUNSHINE at last! Today has tan potential, we're so eager to get our tan on infact we are walking down the beach at 5.30am. Well the latter is true but the real reason for our ridiculously eager behaviour is due to the night bus dropping us off at 5am. We can't check in until at least 7am so we have a few hours to waste watching the sunrise. On first impression Nha Trang is that it is the Rio De Janerio of Vietnam. Football, volleyball and badminton courts are d...

Now this is what im talking about, this is what Vietnam looked like in my imagination before I arrived here. Its beautiful. It has a similar atmosphere to Pai. The relaxed vibe and the colourful architecture and calm river make Hoi An one of my favourite places on this trip so far. Another reason I am a fan of this little easy going town is the weather, its finally shorts and t-shirt time again (hurrah!) The city is bursting with history and brightly coloured ru...