We arrived in Mui Ne after an uneventful bus ride from Nha Trang and pretty much checked into the first hotel we found with a decent rate. Later we realized that this may have been a mistake as although the hotel had a pool and sun loungers there was no access to the beach except for super late at night when the tide went out and although I'm not against midnight swimming I wouldn't want to make it a regular occurrence. When we had checked in we walked the 45 min...

We arrived in Nha Trang at 7 am after a surprisingly comfortable overnight bus from Hoi An. Although we had managed some decent sleep there had been a small amount of drama when at 9:30 pm we had pulled over on the side of the road as there was some sort of engine problem. The comedy that ensued was more than enough to make up for the inconvenience of the delay as out of nowhere more and more Vietnamese men kept appearing to lend a hand. The back of the bus was e...

The bus ride to Hoi An wasn't too strenuous and was only a speedy 6 hours away! Arriving at around 2 pm we were confident in finding a lovely cheap room before evening fell and we swiftly turned down the first offer of $15 which was offered at the hotel where we were dropped off. Two hours later we were most definitely regretting this as it turned out that there were two festivals running concurrently, an international choir festival and the monthly lantern festi...

We arrived in Hue at around 10 am after a mammoth 14 hour overnight bus journey which was the first we had undertaken on the trip. Although I wouldn't go as far as saying it was comfortable we both had a few hours sleep so as overnight buses go it was passable. After we had eaten and checked into the first hotel we saw we set out to get our bearings and quickly discovered that we wouldn't want to be spending too long in Hue. The town was alright but nothing spect...

We arrived in Hanoi fresh faced after our super speedy one hour flight from Vientiane with Lao Airlines. Tom was more than a little concerned to be flying with this particularly airline particularly considering the questionable state of most of the transport in Lao. In his nightmares I think he was imagining some sort of airborne pedalo with a cheery Lao driver pumping his legs like mad but luckily the plane was immaculate if a little on the small side with only ...