Today was Cu Chi tunnels day - got up early but were too late to have breakfast so grabbed a Banh Mi Thit from a street vendor. Vietnam has really great crusty baguettes and they fill them with pork, minced fat (I tried not to think about that!), veggies and chilli sauce and they are really tasty. As normal on these tours we stopped at an art gallery to try and make us spend money (we were only 20mins from the tunnels - started to get annoying!) At the tunnels ...

After yet another fun night bus journey, Vince, Tom and I arrived in HCMC (Saigon). Today was New Year's Eve in Vietnam (they call New Year Tet). After a brief nap we headed to the War Remnants Museum. Quite a lot of propaganda in there but some very moving stories and photos, especially in respect to Agent Orange which is still having effects now. One thing that stood out to me was a letter from a second generation Agent Orange victim to Barack Obama (I'll put...

Last morning in Hoi An - Vince and I decided to do a morning trip to My Son which is an area of Hindu relic temple ruins. Tonnes of tours visiting so really difficult to get a decent photo without annoying tourists in the way! After dinner at my new favourite restaurant next to the Sunflower we got the overnight bus to Nha Trang. We checked into the best hostel I've stayed in called Mozjo Inn. The three girls (Snow, Gem and Ly) who run it are so friendly. They ...

The Road to Hoi An - the four of us booked a taxi to take us from Hue to Hoi An as there are apparently things to see en route which you wouldn't see if you went by bus. First stop was a gorgeous secluded waterfall, followed by a stop at Lang Co beach. Very touristy there - lots of Chinese tourists on organised holidays. The actual beach itself was really pretty - we stopped up a hill to look down on it. Following this we stopped at a place where the Americans...

Went on an organised tour on our last day at the caves. The guys convinced me to do it even though I didn't know exactly what was involved -apparently 'what happens in the dark cave, stays in the dark cave!' First stop was Phong Nha national park - lots of karst mountains. Heavily bombed during the US war as was one of the only routes to the south. The Vietnamese people created a road through the park named Highway 20 - because this was the average age of the peo...