So after another overnight bus we arrived in saigon/ho chi minh city. We managed to get ourselves a hotel which served us scrambled eggs on arrival and our room as man u tv so stu was happy! We spent the day walking around the city - seeing notre dame, the town hall, the market, the river. Had a lovely dinner of pork in caramlised fish sauce. The food here is fab. Nothing has yet to live up to the vietnamese claypot though! Today we visited the cu chi tunnels. ...

So another overnight bus - the quality of which seem to get worse the firther south we go. Someone got robbed on our bus but luckily we sleep ON our valuables! Arrived at 630am into nha trang - a busy beach resort for locals and tourists alike - and by 7am we were off on our diving trip. The first 3 minutes was mud and nothing else but thankfully there was then an abundance of sealife - huge moray eels, nudibranches, puffer fish and 2 cuttlefish performing some...

We arrived in Hoi An - our favourite place yet. 2km to a beautiful beach, fishing village, fresh seafood, market, river and every street lined with tailors who make shoes and clothes to fit you. Their local dish is white rose which is beautiful shrimp in rice pastry in the shape of roses. We have managed to get 2 suits and a coat for stu, and trousers, dresses, silk top, coat and knee high boots for Mel. All embarrassingly cheap. We then bought a rucksack to put...

So we took a minibus from penang (there were no big buses!) and this prooved to be very squashed - with 10 people in something the size of a previa. However thankfully 6 people were refused entry into thailand and so stu and i got 3 seats each and stretched out for a nap after our 4am start.After far too many toilet stops (i think our driver had a problem) we got to Phuket where Steve and Cassy were there to meet us. We are sooo lucky because they have an apartme...

Halong Bay Next we had a night on a junk on Halong Bay. We had a lovely group with 2 bham graduates (who didnt know rhi so i think they lied!), 2 kiwis, 2 canadians and 2 oz. The seafoos meals were delicious. We went to see the "amazing cave" and the "surprising cave". We kayaked and were offered to swim but after we had seen the oil slick, dead rat and poo in the water we stuck with the kayak! Love from the place where we have seen bikes w...