31ST July. Summary of Viet Nam Before heading off into Laos Need to finish off VietNam.. Well the best for me Was in 3 categories.. 1. Motorbike trip from Dalat - Natrang.. We probably saw more of the natural Vietnam off the touristy trail than we could have imagined possible 2. Hoi - An for me was very special place very Diverse from the ancient world to relaxing on the beach and swimming til dusk all in the same day. 3. Ha Long Bay although you needed t...

27th 29th July Ha Long Bay One day in Hanoi is to arrange this trip was enough. We are certainly overdone of cities. We have a great party of like minded travellers in a minibus of 12 such luxury after the train from hell.!! As we arrive in Ha Long Bay we are fed and watered very nice and loaded onto our first boat which takes us across to CAT BA ISLAND for our first night stay. We pass by many of the 1700 Island in this area another world heritage site. M...

25th July Hue - Hanoi Overnight train. This trip deserves its own postcard. As we arrive at the station after a wonderful day out with Luw. The station is packed with Backpackers moving on, locals doing what ever they do.. As the train arrives into the station un-annouced we ask around if this is our train we get responses of shrugging shoulders, It the only platform so it must be right it has arrived at the correct time for us. We struggle onto the train with ...

Jluy 24th-25th July Hue Well nobody's more surprised than us we make it to Hue only 5 hr bus trip so didnt need to sleep this time.. The journey took us through some lovely mountain passes. First impressions of Hue very noisy busy city. I think we are getting little tired of cities but without our own transport it's very hard to get off the touirist route. so we find a comfortable guest house. We are straight out to find tour guide for Vinh Linh Village. Vinh...

20th-23rd July Hoi An Well we were supposed to be at Quy Nhan however we cught the overnight bus obviously relxed took some Valium and went off to sleep awakening to find ourselves in Hoi-An mmh thats OK we were only going to use Quy Nhan as a stop over to ligthen the journey. Happy this happened this town/city is beautiful our hotel is good for $7 a room The beach was a long 2hr walk in blazing sunshine but worth the walk, Straight into lovely warm blue seas...