So here we are in the pouring rain in Saigon. We returned from our day trip to Cao Dai temples and Cu Chi tunnels to find the streets flooded with the past few hours rain but more about that later. We arrived into Saigon (offically known in Vietnam as Ho Chi Minh City) around 6pm and straight away i preferred it to Hanoi. Didn't do much that day but next day we were out early exploring the city. Roughly following the walking tour set out in Lonely Planet, we ...

Once again we find ourselves staying longer in a Vietnam city/town than we had originally expected. We arrived around 7am after our 12 hour night bus from Hoi An. It was ok and it seems that i (Paul) was the only one on the bus that didn't get at least a few hours sleep. On the bus we met a couple from London, Paul & Yvonne, who we have continually bumped into across Laos and Vietnam. And so it was that we spent the following few days eating, drinking (wa...

Hello from a very hot and sweaty Hoi An. We had only intended to stay here 2 nights but 4 nights later we only now finally getting away from this town; we've been busy buying clothes for life after travelling, a truely drepressing thought. To be honest there really isn't too much to see around here. It's a real old style town with narrow cobbled streets and stalls on every corner. Most of our time here has been spent running back and forth to the tailor who w...

At last, it has finally arrived. We're were getting really worried there for a minute, thinking that we could be without it for quite some time. But in Jol we trust, and Spurs have finally got their first win in this seasons English Premiership. Oh yes, we also got our passports which arrived into Hue without any trouble and we now have our Visas ready for China. The sleeper train from Hanoi was quite comfortable. We shared our cabin with two men from Franc...

Ok. So this is about the fourth time i have attempted to write a blog since our arrival into Vietnam and each time has been an utter disaster between computers crashing and the whole electricity being cut to the internet cafe, etc, etc, etc. So here it goes....Greetings from Nam! Yes, we've finally made it into Vietnam, the craziest country we have been to yet. The traffic here in Hanoi is absolutely nuts, you take you life into your own hands each and every ...