Watch out Ramsey! Whilst we were in Hoi AN we took a cooking course to try and immerse ourselves in the Vietnamese culture. This turned out to be a right laugh. After a guided tour throught the markets we were taken by boat to an exclusive cooking school. Here a chef stood in front of us demonstrating these culinary creations while we sat and watched, a little bit like school, slightly nervous about what we would have to do next. Well Jim and I weren't that ...

2 Day Mekong Delta Tour - what a joke!

Cuchi Tunnels

Jim and his hair Friends of the Reynolds have long known of his rather ample amounts of, particularly forearm and lower leg, hair that he has been blessed with. Well, it seems that Vietnamese women and men have never experienced this degree of hairiness before. It all started in the tailor shop where we had some jackets made. The women serving us just kept touching him, stroking and pulling on his arm hair. At the time he tried to explain that she was obviously...

The road to Hue. After Vinh it really couldn't get any worse. We got on a minibus to Hue, a 6 hour ride. The bus that could seat about 25 people was about 3/4 full when we set off leaving us plenty of room for the journey. However this soon changed. Every 5 minutes the conductor type person would be dragging people from the street onto the bus. At its fullest the bus was carrying 45 people. On the back made for 4 there were 7 including me, Jim, a Vietnames...