Today I had a bit of a lay in as I had no trips booked for early in the morning and the whole day was mine to do as I pleased. So out came the Lonely Planet and I planned a few places to visit in the town. I set off with all intentions of walking over to the War Remnanats Museum but as per usual I was asked if I wanted a tuk-tuk or a moto at every corner. I refused the first few but as it was so hot today and I was starting to sweat, I decided to see how much ...

I have done it again....I am on holiday and I keep booking things that get me up early in the morning. But at least this time, it is for the one thing that I have wanted to do for all the time that I have been in Vietnam. It was to go and visit the tunnels that were used during the Vietnamese War by the Viet Cong to hide from the Americans.Although it was just booked as a trip to the Cu Chi Tunnels we had 2 other places to go and visit first before we even got ...

It was yet another early start today as I had to leave Da Lat at 07.10 to catch my bus to Ho Chi Minh City. I didn't have a hostel booked so when I arrived at HCMC I was quite pleased to be met by the usual bunch of people trying to sell rooms at their hotels.I got talking with one lady and managed to get her down on the price a little and got an air-conditioned room with two single beds for only $10 per night which I thought was quite reasonable, expecially...

I've had enough of this place, there are no western travellers around, just Vietnamese holidaymakers and I am fed up of having to eat alone for 2 days. The hotel that I am at is very quiet and there is no common area like you get in the hostels so you don’t really meet anyone. I am off to book a bus to Saigon (or for the new generation of people, Ho Chi Minh City) for tomorrow so that I can get out of here!On my way down to the travel agents to book m...

Due to my uneventful night last night I was awake quite early for a change and decided to go and hire another motorbike so that I could go and explore some of the surrounding area and take some pictures. So I went down to reception and for the first time had to fill in a form/disclaimer before I could hire the bike and then I got out my Lonely Planet Southeast Asia on a Shoestring and planned the route that I would take today.My first port of call was Datanla Fa...