<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> 13 July: Ninh Binh Having arrived to late the night before we slept late, really late, we woke just after 10h30, showered and headed out to a breakfast of omelets and a baquette. After which we walked to Queens guest house to arrange a room for the night. After looking at the room, with its balcony and spaciousness we accepted and went back to gather our bags. We had to wait an hour be...

<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> 12 July: Ninh Binh We ate breakfast and headed to the beach just after 07h00 to miss the burn of the sun. Lucky for us it wasn't a particularly hot day and the sun spared us from its devastating scorn, due to our overly sensitive Doxcyclin skin. We swam for about an hour before returning to the beach, sitting back to back on the only towel we had, both reading our books. No westerners...

<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> 11 July: Dong Hoi We were up early again, its becoming a pattern! We headed down for breakfast meeting John at a street stall table, 20 meters from our hotel. He had been up since 05h00 and had taken an early morning swim with the rest of the Vietnamese locals who also gathered there. Breakfast would be a bowl of noodle soup with beef. We finished our meal and headed back to the guest ...

<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> 10 July: Dong Hoi We woke up earlier than we would have wanted to, 05h00, but we had to finish up and start walking the 3km to the train station. We had decided the day before to rather walk with our bags, than take a motorbike taxi. Before leaving we cut up a large ripe mango, sharing it between us, then strapped into our bags and headed out the door of our hotel to the train station...

<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> 9 July: Hue We were up early heading to the railway station to buy a ticket for Dong Hoi. J & B had bought tickets the day before, but only for themselves as they were unsure whether we had already bought them. Along the way we stopped at DongA Bank and drew 8 million VND, problem was it never dispensed the cash and gave me no receipt only a malfunction message on the screen. We ar...