We stayed 2 nights in Hoi An and had a great time, I loved it here. The private bus tickets here are so cheap so we went by bus to Hoi An. On the way the wheel of the bus got a puncture some how and obviously they don't carry a spare, so we stopped in the middle of no where to get it fixed. In total it was a 17 hour bus journey! I asked the bus attendant if there were any toilets near by, he gestured to the floor by the bus with a big grin on his face, I thought ...

Mui Ne Beach is 4 hours from Saigon. I thought I'd like to be on the beach for my birthday and spent the day sitting on the beach a few metres from my hotel room door relaxing in the beautiful sunshine and warm sea (are you jealous yet?) but I did get stung on the butt by a jelly fish which wasn't such a good birthday present, the stinging only lasted half an hour!! Thank you for all the birthday messages everyone, it was strange being away for my birthday. Mui N...

We spent 4 days in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). We spent the first day walking around the city. There are millions of motorbikes, which can make crossing the road quite hard. Chris and I were put to shame by three 4 year old kids. We were cautiously crossing the road, step by step avoiding all the bikes and these three school children just boldly walked out into the middle of a roundabout while all these motorbikes were driving around them, and they made it to the ...

We spent our last few days in Thailand back in Bangkok. There were quite a few things we didn't get to do last time we were here. We spent the first day in China town exploring all the markets and trying out the food on the street stalls. We went to a Chinese style temple. The Buddha images they have there are completely different to the typical Thai Style. In one area you could not enter unless you were wearing all white. I think there was some sort of religious...

We had heard lots of good things about Chiang Mai and initially didn't think we would have enough time to make it all the way up here. but we found ourselves up here and staying for 4 days. Chaing Mai was different from what I expected. I thought it would be very similar to Bangkok and just a little bit quieter, but it is a lot quieter. We spent the first day getting our bearings and seeing what the city had to offer. There are a lot of Wats (temples)and there ar...