March 25th (Wednesday) - Day 25 - Ho Chi Minh City Because out flight was late we were unable to book our trip for today. Instead we had to get up really early to go book it. We wanted to go to the Co Chi tunnels. This is where the VC hid right under the Americans noses. It is a system of under ground tunnels stretching over 250Km, interlinked with everything they needed; kitchens, hospitals, schools, war rooms, bomb shelters etc. We found some tickets straight ...

March 21st (Saturday) - Day 21 - Hue to Hoi An We left the hotel at 8 on a bus to Hoi An. We stopped twice to go paddling in the south China sea. Once we arrived we went out with the group for lunch then had a wander around town. It was really hot (38 degrees) so we went for a swim to cool down. We went for dinner with the group and ended up going to a number of pubs. We stummbled in at about 2am. March 22nd (Sunday) - Day 22 - Hoi An We got picked up and taken ...

March 20th (Friday) - Day 20 - Hue The train got in at 8am and we got a bus to the hotel. Most of the group had opted to do the motor cycle tour. We set off for the old palace. This is a 10km wall around the old city. We set off on our bikes and I was hanging on for dear life to start off with but in a few minutes I was fine without a care in the world. Our guide (and my driver) was a guy called Tam. He was a manic on and off the roads! He was doing weird things...

March 17th (Tuesday) - Day 17 - Halong Bay to Han OiWe woke up to find that 6 of the 7 people in our group had been ill the previous day. Not great going for our first full day in Viet Nam. And even worse we had a 4 hour drive to Han Oi. Needless to say we stopped a few more times than planned. Once at the hotel all we felt like doing was vegging out. After not eating for 24 hours we were starving but did not want to venture out so we ate some Oreo's we had stas...

March 15th (Sunday) - Day 15 - On Route to Halong Bay11 hours of driving!! We left the home stay at 7am and headed for the border and said good bye to the tranquility of Lao. We crossed the border by walking through the checkpoint, paid our $1 kick back to the guy in immigration and got on a new bus. The scenery was beautiful but the only thing that grabs your attention is the amount they use their horns. All the road users use them and they use them for everythi...