Our last stop in Vietnam was its cultural capital and ancient imperial city of Hue, 4 Vietnamese hours north of Hoi An. With a beautiful tailored suit and 5 shirts to keep it company boxed and en route to Melbourne, we said farewell to our favourite place in Vietnam. We finally arrived at our hotel 'Valentine' which was anything but romantic but good value for money. Hue or 'Hugh' as we insisted on incorrectly pronouncing the old capital's name, was a lively ble...

The Saigon to Hoi An leg was our longest non stop trip up the coast of Vietnam. Longer than our flight to Thailand, our journey from the islands to Bangkok and our journey from Bangkok into Cambodia. Long. We braced ourselves as we sat in the train ticket office only to find out that the last remaining tickets for our 17 hour journey in a hard sleeper 6 berth bunk. The discomfort aside, we were more nervous that we'd be sharing our tiny cabin with a noisy gang of...

Reluctantly we left our beautiful beaches of Phu Quoc and set off for the next stop along the the trail -Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City). Daunted by the full day of bus and boat traveling we used the few bob that mum had sent over to treat ourselves to a flight instead. We arrived at the brand new airport bright and early to enjoy a little brekkie (noodle soup for me and a Burger King meal for Lukey - standard) before boarding our 40 minute flight which was like a drea...

Phu Quoc is tiny tear-shaped island off the Southern coast of Vietnam, formerly part of Cambodia. The island has a really mixed reputation and whilst being famed for its beautiful beaches and pearl cultivation it's also home to coconut prison where Vietnamese war criminals were detaining in the 60s. As usual, all the other backpackers and couples hopped onto the mini bus at the pier perfectly organised with print outs of their hotels ready for the driver while we...