Hi all, It was going to be a whistle stop tour of Saigon. It takes 48hours on a bus to get to Hanoi where I really want to visit Halong Bay and Sapa before flying to Thailand on the 3rd of March. So as soon as we arrived it was to the museum's. We made our fist stop, to the Museum of Vietnamese History. Yes, it was as dull as it sounds so I will move on. We decided to walk to the other side of the city for some more exercise and so it was nearly 2.30pm by...

Hi all, The overnight journey to Nha Trang was an interesting one to say the least. IF YOU ARE EASILY OFFENDED OR SENSITIVE - PLEASE DON'T READ THE NEXT PARAGRAPH. I"M NOT JOKING!! Unfortunately, I saw my first Vietnam human road kill. We were travelling to Nha Trang as normal and consistantly honking the horn, overtaking everything, mopeds everywhere, always heading straight for the oncoming traffic and pulling in at the last minute - the normal d...

Hi all, Hoi An was a really nice town, very pretty. All the lanterns and decorations helped that were out for Tat I suppose. We got dropped off a little out of town but we were soon ladened with our bags and stomping back into town. All the kids must have been leaving for their new year holidays as we passed a school and thousands of kids (and I'm not joking) were piling out with party style hats on. It was a carnival atmosphere. All the pavements were choc...

Good morning Vietnam, Well, after the border panic it was onto the bus to complete the remainder of the journey to Vinh. We consistently kept stopping to collect more 'twigs' to decorate the bus with and the total journey ended up taking 15.5hrs. Rather than the 9hrs it was meant to take - nice! However, the Vietnam countryside was amazing! Vinh was hectic to say the least - noisy, bustling and traffic everywhere. We were planning to bed down for the ...

Hi all, Phonsavanh - the heaviest bombed place in the whole world, ever (!). It was a fairly long journey and we arrived at around 3pm and found a nice little guest house to stay in. The only reason one would go to Phonsavanh, is to view 'The Plain of Jars'. What are they?! Well..I wish I could tell you, but no one knows. The Plain of Jars consists of 3 separate sites across the Phonsavanh area and on each of these sites sits hundreds of 'Jars'...