Hopped on another internal flight and before we knew it we were in Ho Chi Minh. Gone were the peaceful towns and beaches instead being replaced by the sounds of the hustle and bustle of the city. When we eventually found our hostel after a lot of wandering down dodgy lanes we dropped our bags and headed out to explore. We hopped into a Taxi and went to see the infamous Chu Chi Tunnels. After a quick video on the war (from the Vietnamese point of view!) we got to...

Da Nang is used as a holiday resort by Vietnamese. It was refreshing to see an authentic Vietnamese town that hadn't been influenced by foreign tourism.There were no western restaurants in the town and the hotel restaurant served noodles and fish for breakfast, not what us westerners were looking for first thing in the morning! There wasn't a whole to do in Da Nang so we were grateful we decided to spend an extra night in Hoi An rather than Da Nang. We went down...

Our next stop was the lovely sleepy town of Hoi An. Here we fell in love with this town, it could partially be down to the fact we were in an actual hotel instead of a dorm! This town is renowned for its tailoring. So not to miss out on the bandwagon we headed off to Kimmy's tailor which had been recommended to us. It was a two day process, first we went in and were each given a laptop to browse of all the designs they could replicate. We all decided to get...

After arriving back form Ha Long Bay we said goodbye to our boat mates then headed for the airport. Next on the list was Hue. It was a quick flight down to Hue (we like to say it was because of our time constraint that we flew but let's be honest who wants to get a 13 hour overnight bus when flights were cheap!). Here we got to see a more touristy side of Vietnamese history and culture. We did a tour that brought us to see a pagoda, the botanical gardens, martia...

So after a night of celebrating Sal's birthday we head off to see Ha Long Bay. Being the last ones on the bus we were left with the back of the bus... we soon realised why these seats were not taken earlier! This 3 hour trip became on that will stay with me forever. Travelling 100km an hour over some serious potholes the three of us in the back were repeatedly sent flying skyward, whacking our heads off the roof (of course there weren't any seatbelts!). This wo...