Have finally made it to Hanoi! Arrived last night at midnight- starting the day in Hoi An at 7:30am...fun! At the moment I am loving Hanoi and have already spent too much money shopping. I wandered around the city minus Antje as she stayed in Hue for the day and is flying in tonight. Talking of the flight (Hue- Hanoi) I was probably the only person for about 7 rows, talk about leg room. So we left Nha Trang a few days ago and took an overnight bus to Hoi An fro...

Hey people In Nha Trang, having been to Dalat in the meantime. Not as great here as I thought beach is a bit dirty but leave tomorrow for Hoi An! Loads of shopping there but with a tight budget we'll see. Also still enjoying the delights of communist countries with the government blocking facebook so dont bother leaving me messages there. Dalat was lovely- in the mountains and really nice and cool temperature...trust me its a blessing. Plus we meet some really...

At the beach now in a place called Mue Ni. Not doing much here but lying on the beach and realxing - possibly do some surfing tomorrow or going to the sand dunes but we'll see. Actually one of the more boring places I have been too- nice and pretty but not much to do here so will leave the day after tomorrow. Antje ze German friend was keen to come. After that off to Dalat where apparently its cold - actually a blessing! and seeing mountains and waterfalls. by...

Hello! I am here in Vietnam at last- arrived 2 days ago and so far love it here. I have been learning and seeing a lot about the Vietnam war with a trip to the Museum in the city with some really exciting planes and tanks (not as good as Moscow war museum it has to be said) and today I visited the Chi Chi tunnels. The tunnels were pretty cool as narrow as you would imagine and too small for western people to fit into..! They have widened a section to crawl thoug...