Hi! We arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on 20th after flying from Hoi An. Saigon is much bigger than the other towns/cities we have been to in Vietnam. The population is officially 6.5 million, but they reckon its closer to 8 million, and in order to move there you have to have permission from the government as it is sooooo over populated! The rain had let up for a bit and so we explored the town and had dinner in the night markets. Snail and frog were on th...

We arrived into Hoi An around lunch time on 18th, and the rain had let off for a while!! yay!! Hoi An is a town a bit larger than Hue which specialises in tailor made clothes...heaven!! So guess what we all did as soon as we got there??....ordered sooo many outfits! But all very cheap and they did a pretty good job too! Unfortunatly the rain started again so most of our time in Hoi An was spent running from tailor to tailor and bar to bar!! had a brilli...

Arrived in Hue on 16th after a not so bad train journey and checked into the 'Gold Hotel' which was very nice! Weather still raining while we looked round Pagodas, museliums and a collesium with our amusing guide, Phoung! Had a good dinner the first night in Hue at this local restaurant run by a deaf and dumb man and his family, he was very friendly though and used pictures to communicate! All the walls were covered in messages from other travellers so of c...

Next installment... We are now in Hanoi city....big culture shock from the quiet lazy life of Laos. The drivers are even worse and love to use there horns and you get hassled constantly to buy things, but there is loads to see and explore! Just may get a little lost! We spent last night on a boat in Halong Bay which was good fun, despite the weather being very English! A few of us still jumped off the boat for a swim much to the amusment of the crew! I ...