Woke up at 9ish and had the hotels fantastic free breakfast, then headed out to the beach with will and Beth (sophie was doing Internet stuff). Had a great morning swimming and chilling on the beach. Almost saw a windsurf, it turned out not to be one, but just a fat person in a bright orange buoyancy aid (thought it was a sail - I was far away ok...) but still the closest I've got to windsurfing so far, so pretty pleased about that!! Got back to the hotel at 12 a...

We woke up at 8 to make sure we could get on the bikes at 9. Managed to actually head off at 9:20, so not too bad. Me on the back of a 125 manual and soph on the back of an automatic. Drove for 10-20 mins out of hue before my guys bike broke down! Luckily we were near to a petrol station so stopped for a bit while they fixed it. Left and rode for a bit then stopped at a fishing village, crazy that huge (6+) families live on tiny little boats all their lives. Ro...

Cool bus ride, very comfy seats, good ac, even good wifi. But very Vietnamese... Constant unexplained stops, random travellers getting on then being put off 10 mins later, internal bus lights turned on for no understandable reason, constant honking by the driver (thank god for noise cancelling headphones), and of course on some of the stops the engine was turned off, shutting off the ac and turning the bus into a sweaty tin can!! Arrived into Hue to change bus f...

Woke up reasonably early (8:00) but sophie was feeling less active, so chilled until 9 (I did some da nang research and downloaded some music). Went and got a free breakfast from the hotel, then back to the room to finalise some plans for da nang. Got out way later than I wanted, at about 11:30, and headed to the post office so sophie could send some stuff home. Pottered around looking at shops and stuff, then sophie got distracted in a clothes shop. Meant to m...

We all overslept, 3 alarms and we woke up at 8:30 (the time the bus was meant to leave), luckily everything is always late in Vietnam! No wading this time, the puddle had reduced enough for the bus to drive through. Hot boat to a hot wait for the next bus in ha long. Driving back to Hanoi I noticed how many major construction projects are ongoing throughout the country, someone must be pumping money in to fund them. Settled into a hostel in Hanoi by 6:30, got a...