Leaving Mui Ne with a heavy heart, at least from me if not Page, we travelled down to Ho Chi Minh and we were pleasantly surprised. It's a vibrant, clean (ish, for Asia) friendly city where people seem to actually enjoy, rather than lament, their status as a tourist hot spot. We decided to treat ourselves a bit, it being Christmas and all, and splurged on a slightly nicer hotel than we were used to and we were not disappointed.....Page almost died when she saw we...

After deciding to leave the hectic city that is Hanoi, we boarded the sleeper train for Hue and after searching for a good 15 minutes, we eventually realised that our train was on another platform to the one we were on. However, this being Asia, there seemed to be no way of getting over there. We wondered around for a further 15 minutes looking for a walk way or bridge but eventually decided that the only "sensible" thing to do was walk across the tracks....turns...

After shelling out more than we wanted to pay on a 40 minute flight from Laos to Hanoi (I couldn't survive a 20 hour bus ride with Tom after last time), we were greeted by insane hustle and bustle, thousands of mopeds and people washing dishes in the street. We went out in search of some dinner, having only eaten Pringles and Oreos before we arrived, but ended up having a muffin and a coffee!? Safe to say we both went to bed hungry that night. The next morning...