Dear Diary, After my cultural time in the central highlands Mui Ne came as a bit of a shock.It is basically a beach resort that wouldn't be out of place in Spain!! Saying that, the beach is beautiful (soft white sand) & the South China Sea clear & warm. I read that thisplace can get really busy so I decided to e-mail a really nice hotel over a week ago to make a reservation. While on myDalat trip I didn't have access to e-mail, so just turned up at the ...

Dear Diary, Arrived in Dalat via Saigon (which was a odd experience. Within 5 minutes of leaving hotel & despite being with a group of 5 others, I was asked whether I wanted to buy cannabis, cocaine & women!! I must just have that kind of face...). Hotel I wantd to stay at (as recommended in Lonely Planet) was actually a building site when I arrived!!! A bit of a shock, so wondered about & found a half decent place not too far away. Went for some f...

Dear Diary, It's been a while since I gave my last update, so here goes.... Arrived in a flooded Hoi An about 5pm after a fairly non eventful bus journey. Met up with the gang again & stayed at a really nice hotel (pool, spa, free tinternet all for just under 4 pound a night!!). Not much to do in Hoi An apart from get some clothes made & buy gifts. Got myself 2 suits (with extra trousers), 4 shirts & 3 pairs of shorts for the grand total of 200 pou...

Dear diary, Well, that train journey didn't exactly go to plan!! The cabin we were in was so small that I'm not sure exactly how they got 6 people into it, but somehow we managed. Chris, LLoyd & I got ourselves some beers at the station & I'm not sure if out of happiness for the amount we got, but some fella tried to kiss me..!!!!! Crashed out about 1am, after having tried some of the train snacks (Vietnamese pot noodle of all things!!) & awoke at ...

Dear diary, It's been a while since I last wrote & so much has gone!! Went to Halong Bay for 3 day/2 night trip along with 5 others from the Hostel in Hanoi. Bit of a pain to get to the boat (3.5 hours by bus) at Halong City, but when we did arrive & eventually got on our boat, we were all really quite impressed (considering that there were over 300 other boats dotted about the harbour!!). There were about 30 people on boat & most were travelling i...