Saigon is such a huge city. Masses of people and motorbikes. Apparently there is one motorbike for every person (9million), there's just a constant steam of them down huge roads, terrible to cross. We have learnt the Vietnamese way of crossing roads that looks so easy. What you have to do is walk very slowly out into the road, looking at the traffic that’s storming towards you. It sounds suicidal but it works, the motorbikes see you and they swerve arou...

We are in the coastal town of Nha Trang, Vietnam. We took an overnight bus for the journey from Hoi An, and arrived in town at about 6.30am Tuesday. We found a reasonable guesthouse room, and then went back to sleep! Later on we forced ourselves out of bed, and as a treat Katie had sausage and mash and I had chicken curry and chips, both English style! So, stomachs suitably weighed down, we headed for the beach. It's very nice, 6km long crescent, and we passe...

We are in a wonderful little town in central Vietnam called Hoi An. It's an ancient place, with many of the buildings well over 200 years old. We are staying in the newer part of town, but a five minute walk brings us into the old town; narrow streets crammed with gorgeous old buildings, mostly yellow and crumbling but in a looked after fashion. The streets are packed with Vietnamese, foreign tourists and an army of touts for the hundrds of tailor shops. We a...