We have fallen head over heels in love with Hoi An. Our room was great, with a comfy mattress, a balcony and *drumroll* the Bath, but the place itself is lovely too. Cars and motorbikes are banned from the old town so the usual fear of being splatted or spliced mid-crossing evaporates. Lanterns are hung between buildings, across roads and in trees, and all the buildings look so old and quaint and like they are just crying out for you to go in and drink copious am...

We had a great time on the overnight train from Hanoi to Hue. It was a 16 hour journey so we'd booked two soft sleeper beds in a 4-berth room. A couple we knew were staying in the room next to us but managed to swap so that we were all together. Result :-) Beers on the train were only 50p; we sank a few of those each and stayed up chatting until quite late. When we did eventually go to sleep we could lock the door on our room, which was quite handy as otherwise w...