Today I am thinking that it was not such a good idea to go out drinking last night as the football match finished quite late and I had to be up at 06:30 this morning to catch a bus to Da Lat at 07:00.I had the option of going to Mui Ne which was by the coast again or going to Da Lat which was inland a bit and set up high in the hills at 1475m above sea level. I decided Da Lat as I was getting a little fed up of the humidity and the heat of Vietnam and the cooler...

After doing nothing but recover from a serious hangover yesterday, I decided that I better get up early and do something today. So I went down to reception to enquire about hiring a motorbike form them just to compare with the prices that I had been paying and much to my surprise they quoted only 55,000 dong (£1.85). I said yes and within 20 minutes my shiny PINK bike was here. lolMy first stop today was the Long Son Pagoda which is decorated with mosaic drago...

I arrived at Nha Trang at around 6 am and got off the bus while Boris and Maude stayed on the bus as they were heading straight to Da Lat and not stopping in Nha Trang. We said good bye to each other and I got a moto to Backpackers House to see if they had any availability. The guy at reception told me that they had room for me but I would have to wait until 12:00 before I could check in. Luckily they had a toilet and more importantly a shower that I could use...

As I am leaving Hoi An today, I booked a trip out to My Son temple ruins knowing that I would be back in time for my bus down south to Nha Trang. The ruins of My Son temples are set within the jungle 35km from Hoi An and are the most important remains of the ancient Cham empire and it is now a Unesco World Heritage site. There were several options when booking the tickets to go here, but I opted for the trip to My Son by coach which included the boat trip back ...

As I hadn't made any plans to meet up with Boris and Maude as I still felt like a bit of a gooseberry, I borrowed one of the free push bikes from the hotel and thought I would head down to the beach which was a few kilometres away and go and see what it’s like and also to catch a few rays at the same time. At least this time I wasn’t going to fall off and break a rib. The bike had no gears or suspension but did have a rather attractive basket on...