After a reasonably comfortable 12 hour sleeper bus we arrived in Hoi An- historical Vietnam. We were greeted by a very polite lady who talked us in to staying at her hotel. Just $6 for a room inc. tv, mini bar, bath , air con and swimming pool! After double checking and triple checking the details and price with her we were sold! This had to be too good to be true! We caught the hotels free minibus service into town (the price was becoming less believable all t...

We arrived in Nha Trang and were really looking forward to spending some time on the famous beaches in this area. We arrived late afternoon so we went straight out for tea and met three Australian guys, all over 50 but really good fun and great drinking partners!! We had a fair few drinks with them and headed home in the early hours! For once I (Ash) was the more sober - still worse for wear - so had to help D home and into bed. The next day we set off for the b...

Arrived after a very bumpy bus ride from Ho Chi Minh in to Mui Ne. The beach here stretches on and on. . Famous for its strong winds, Mui Ne attracts a lot of kite and wind surfing, the sky was full of colour! Although we didn't do this ourselves it was a great sight. Instead we decided to rent a motorbike and do some exploring ourselves. The coastal roads had the most incredible views and once we arrived at the sand dunes we were blown away- such beautiful sce...

Huge neon billboards, hundreds and thousands of motorbikes wizzing by, markets galore, street food, handy crafts and art ... this was just on the ride in!! We found a place in central District 1 - the place for us backpackers - cheap room and nice and clean, even has a T.v!! We explored the city in the evening but returned for bed quite early, we felt like we would need the energy tomorrow and even after a few hours we both feel like we are going to love it here...