We got a very nice bus with leather seats this morning to Muine, it was alright except for an old Vietnamese man reclining his seat all the way, so Rachael had no room, Tom physically stopped the person in front of him putting theirs back too far. The weather is much cooler here and the sea very choppy, plans for a swim and possible windsurfing seem out of the window. We quickly had a walk around the resort and avoided the rain as much as we could, the strip i...

Our mission for today was to get Tom's new suit posted to the UK so we don't have to carry it the rest of the trip. We risked life and limb walking across the city to the main post office. En route we walked by the mini Notre dame built here (guessing) during the French rule. It's built with the original in mind but without the grandeur. The Lonely Planet guide had told us the post office was worth the visit just to appreciate architecture, you've got to wonde...

So there were three things on the agenda today, Market, Independence Palace, and the War Museum. After yesterdays failure at walking to the Market we're glad to say we made it in time for breakfast. We found a really nice little stall with a young girl who helped us as much she could. We went around the market trying to find 3 tailored shirts to go with Tom's suit. As you can imagine this wasn't easy and after about an hour of moving from stall to stall, look...

We got our bus this morning for our 6 and a half hour journey into Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. The bus was one of the better ones we have caught during the trip, we got handed some water as we got on and as it was really quiet we got two seats each. After about 3 hours we arrived at the border, we already had our visas so the rest of the process didn't take very long. We got off the bus and had to walk into a building where they scanned our bags (the previous two bo...