Rather than take the overnight bus from Nha Trang to Ho Chi Minh, we took the day train because the boys wanted to be there for Saturday night. Two of their friends live in HCM and we wanted to meet up with them and go out rather than spend the night on the bus. The train ride was looooong, most of us slept a lot, the "superior air con" seats were quite comfy and reclined. I was sitting next to Ben, he was sleeping and I was staring out the window, whe...

The Canadian boys and I decided to go to Nha Trang together, so we took the night bus. I was slightly edgy about this, because Vietnam has notorious drivers and a very high road death toll... but I'm still here so nothing bad happened! The ride started off at about 18.00 when we were hit with a huge downpour which actually made the driver slow down! Shocking! The seats were very snug, but there was a chance to lie flat so I won't complain about that. The driver ...

Welcome to Hoi An, town of cute little houses, enough shops, restaurants and bars to go around and the land of a million custom tailors! Throw in a beach a short bike ride away, and this is probably my favourite place so far in Asia. The bus from Hue threw us down in front of a fancy looking hotel and I immediately thought No thanks can't afford it, but a little Vietnamese lady came up to me and offered me a room for 10 dollars.... intrigued... she showed it to...

If anyone feels like being followed by a cyclo driver for an afternoon, Hue is the place to be. The guy hassled me because I was going in a direction other than towards the Citadel, as if there was nothing else to do in this city. Then, after having followed me through a park, told me that this bridge was inaccessible to pedestrians, despite the obvious pavement and about 18 other people walking on it. But apart from that, Hue was quite lovely. It's a sizeable ...

We woke up on the junk, and were fed a breakfast consisting of untoasted white toast and very sweet coffee. Then the boat started again and basically crashed into a whole load of other junks at a jetty, and we got off the boat on to Cat Ba Island. A bus appeared and took us to Cat Ba national park, where we were given the choice of either biking or trekking. I chose biking, and spent the next hour fiddling with the gears because they didn't work, obviously. And...