Sunday 22nd November 2009 Mui Ne - Finally we were collected from our hotel in Nha Trang 1hour 30 minutes late, we are getting used to the fact that nothing arrives on time!! Coach collected us and we got on and shown to our seats.....right at the back at the bottom of a two level sleeper bus Hmmm not good at all, no room and more to the point no air con, great!!! we had 5 hours before we reached Mui ne, this is going to be one long uncomfortable journey!! the n...

Thursday 19th November - After a very sad goodbye to Messi we boarded our sleeper bus to take us onto Nha Trang - this took 11 hours to get to, however not much sleep was had, and after this amount of time on a bus with a toilet that doesn't work, you are glad to get off at the other end!! Arrived in Nha Trang - Friday 20th November - 6.30AM!!!! It was absolutley sheeting it down by the time we had arrived and RAT had a slight issue in the fact that we could ...

Hoi An - 10th - 19th November So we arrive in Hoi An, the place known for custom made clothes!!! Dangerous!! As we had already booked our accommodation from Hue for Hoi An, no problems with an easy check in to our guest house. Than Binh on Le Loi Street. In the centre so easy for us to get around and see the sights, Probably too much to say about Hoi An as this was definitely our best place so far, very pretty, boats and rivers, beautiful beach, markets, cus...

Sunday 08th November: Our last day in Hanoi before venturing onto Hue, we are booked on the night sleeper bus at 5.30pm - We ventured out that morning and we managed to get acosted by 3 women selling fruit in those funny hammock holders (not quite sure what the technical term is!!) , so straight away they put the hammock onto T, complete with their hats, (T looked like an authentic vietnamese!!!!) , R also go acosted by a guy who was selling books and postcards,...

Tuesday 3rd November Up, packed and ready to check at 8am, Trip to Halong Bay and Cat Ba Island. Our journey from Hanoi took 3 hours and we finally arrived at the Port, we were directed to our boat by our captain "Not quite the officer and gentleman type Captain" But still nice...!! After checking our passports we boarded our boat which was beautiful, wooden carved, drapes and big settee's. Wow this is not what you would call typical backpacking!! ...