Most of today was spent on the bus going down to Hoi An, but while on the bus and chatting to people when we stopped for lunch, I made friends with a French guy called Boris and a French Canadian girl called Maude who were travelling together.When we got to Hoi An, all three of us had nowhere booked to stay but I had been recommended a place with a swimming pool by someone that I had met previously, I think it was Lisa who I met in Luang Prabang, Laos as we had d...

Today was quite a lazy day as I had a lay in and while eating breakfast got talking with Fiona and Rachel who were from Manchester and I said I would go with them on a motorbike again today as I had done it yesterday and had some idea of where we could go. They didn't really want to go alone and I had nothing to do today.We grabbed 3 bikes from the same guy as yesterday and although half the day was over we were still charged the full day rate, but we did tr...

The day today didn't start off as we had planned last night because Tom had decided to stay out drinking until late into the night and when we tried to wake him in order to go and collect our motor bikes I think he was still drunk. So it looks like it is just Eva and I that will be going out today.We went off to pick up our bike, Eva got an automatic and I went for a manual again. We agreed on the price of 100,000 Dong (£3.44) and would pay this amount on r...

Arriving in Hue, All I can say is what a bumpy ride it was last night. I had got to know a few people on the bus and Neil (English) and Nick (American) and his family were staying on the bus for a further 13 hours heading further south, I don't envy them one little bit. Tom (Irish) and Eva (German) were the only ones to get off in Hue that I knew, and as they hadn't got anywhere booked to stay, they came with me to the Hue Backpackers Hostel where I had...

This morning Quong met me for the last time at my hotel as it was my last day in Hanoi as I was booked on the overnight bus to Hue this evening, but Quong wanted to show me around the museum where he volunteered before I left. When we arrived at the museum, Quong showed his ID badge to the guard at the door and managed to get me in for free.The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology features a collection of art and everyday objects from Vietnam with maps, videos and dioram...