Easy does it We've spent the last two days happily cruising through the Vietnamese central highlands on the back of motorbikes, sampling food with the locals and experiencing the real Vietnam (including a bit of karaoke!). We decided that with only a few days left in South East Asia we'd squeeze in one last experience that people rave about and booked a two day Easy rider motorbike tour from Dalat (in the hills) to Mui Ne (by the beach). As we met our gu...

Sun, sea, sand ... and lightning Another night bus (this time on a newer model but still hopefully our last) and we were in Nha Trang. Our sole purpose for coming here was to lay on the beach - it might seem strange that in 10 weeks in SE Asia we've only spent the first 2 by the beach so this was long overdue. Luckily we arrived early to bright (and extraordinarily hot) sunshine so we quickly checked in and headed to the beach where we would stay for the rest o...

Is Liz a Magician? "I'll fit it in my bag, don't worry". These were the words of my darling wife as we visited the tailors in Hoi An. We had made a decision, as our money was drying up that what we bought in Hoi An would be clothes we would NOT buy at home. I needed some shirts for work and Liz wanted (having spoken to a girl in Laos who had already been to Hoi An) a winter coat. We walked in to the "recommended" tailors and before we knew i...

Phewy for Hue We had left the brilliant Halong Bay trip behind us as we boarded the bus for 17 hours of driving and a lot of beeping all the way to Hue. We had booked a hotel just for one night to get a nights kip before we headed further south. The sleeper bus was hilarious, a single decker bus but open to the roof as a double decker would be with the narrowest bunk beds we have ever seen. If you happen to be taller or wider than Liz then you are destined for ...

Love you Ha Long time Having left the gripping flip flop incident behind us in Hanoi we made our way to Cat Ba Island where we would be taking a 3 day boat trip around Halong Bay. We were very excited about this - especially the prospect of some quiet sunshine time again. As usual we wanted to avoid the large backpacker booze cruise boats so had settled on a recommendation for Cat Ba Adventrues which offered a smaller and quieter trip. Admittedly we probably cou...