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 ...