Xian Ciai (hello), Arrived in Ho Chi Minh City / Saigon for what would be our last stop in Vietnam. While here we stayed in the area of Bien Vien, which was busy, bright and buzzing with activity i.e. a true backpackers ghetto! The street was full of bars, restaurants, net cafes, tour operators etc and ofcourse it wouldnt have been a true backpacker street without the numerous locals trying to sell and promise you everything under sun (and for double its rea...

Xian Ciai (hello), Arrived in Ho Chi Minh City / Saigon for what would be our last stop in Vietnam. While here we stayed in the area of Bien Vien, which was busy, bright and buzzing with activity i.e. a true backpackers ghetto! The street was full of bars, restaurants, net cafes, tour operators etc and ofcourse it wouldnt have been a true backpacker street without the numerous locals trying to sell and promise you everything under sun (and for double its rea...

'Nha Trang' a town half way down the coast of vietnam. It boasts a huge golden beach and with bars, clubs and booze crusies its known for its party scene! Its therefore no surprise woodsy and I took to it like duck to water! So much so that we feel we have spent one too many days in Nha Trang and are in serious need of a detox. Not too mention the purse strings need a little tightening for a while! In Nha trang our time was divided equally between hitt...

Right i know its been a while since my last blog so thought i better inform you some more of whats been going on. After finshing off the culture side of Hanoi i.e. visiting Ho Chi Minh museum, house on stilts, temple of literature etc we finally left the madness of Hanoi and boarded our coach bound for Hue some 12 hours away! Spent two days in Hue in which we had a day on a cyclo (some sort of bike in which you sit in a cradle and get pushed around by...

Hello again from Vietnam! Have just spent two days and one night in the north of vietnam in a tribal town known as Sapa. Sapa situated high up in the mountains is popular for its stunning scenery, the three types of tribal people that live there and the opportunity for trekking through the rice paddys of the minority villages. To get there woodsy and i borded an overnight sleeper train which lasted around 10 hrs and arrived in Sapa early in the morning. Fi...