Our sleeper bus from HCMC to Mui Ne was a pleasantly easy five hour journey; with the exception of a Singapore youth coming to sit next to me and persisting in talking to me - despite my polite but quipped responses - for the final three hours of the journey. When we tramped up a surprisingly steep hill to our hostel (Mui Ne Villas 2) we were greeted by a very smiley Dutch girl who was extremely helpful and spoke fantastic English. She informed us that our hoste...

Ensuring that Chelsea wasn't going to spring an unexpected desire to visit a hospital on me again, we set off (for the second time) for the Mekong Delta. The Mekong River is one of the world's largest rivers and its numerous tributaries and branches explain the Vietnamese name for the Mekong: Song Cuu Long (River of Nine Dragons). As you may well guess, rice is the most important crop in Vietnam and its production involves 50% of the population. The Mekong Delta...

Leaving our hostel at a punctual 6AM for our tour of the Mekong Delta was a tall order. We both felt shattered despite a good night's sleep and a two and a half hour coach trip wasn't something that we were looking forward to. After checking in, Chelsea decided that her bum spot had taken its toll on her and that she needed to go to a hospital (she picks her moments). With an hour before our delayed coach left we went to a hospital that was a ten minute taxi rid...

I have no doubt that acts in times of war are valiant, brave and heart crushingly sad, but the unveiled brutality of the Vietnamese War within the upper floor of the War Remnants Museum showed the ghastly blackness and fracturing of humanity that war induces. The photography section brought to the present the grief and desperation of both sides of war and the horrors inflicted upon those that have no say in such matters of control and conscience. The museum has ...

Eight AM in Vietnam and we had visas to collect. I was dubious about getting mine as the passport photo that I had taken for me in the Philippines made me look like a serial killer. We happily found through our research that you can purchase your visa for Vietnam when you arrive there. You pay £10 online to get the documentation required emailed to you, print it off, fill it out and provide it with a photograph of yourself when you get there and Bob's your uncl...