11 - 16 March Saigon was just a big, expensive city. Everything cost here from the beer to the food. We stayed in a small family run hotel and spent most of our days in the room watching TV to make up some of the money spent in Mui Ne. We did a few sightseeing things, one of which I had seen before and still made me sad and angry visiting it again. The War Remnants Museum or the American War Crimes Museum as it is known locally was a highly interesting muse...

8 - 11 March It was a short bus ride to Mui Ne, I had never stayed there before. The town was made up of one long street next to the sea front which was full of resorts and bungalows ranging from one to six stars. We stayed in the cheapest one we could possibly find, it was very expensive to stay in Mui Ne. We would have loved to have stayed in a beach side bungalow but we just couldn't afford to. It was 30 dollars a night and we were used to a maxium of 15. O...

5 - 8 March Nha Trang was the start of a very painful journey for me. This is the first of many places that I visited with my old boyfriend Mark within a two year period. One of the main reasons we have come away, if not the main reason is for me to get better. I am not going to paint a sorrowful picture of myself, about how bad things have been for me. People have been through a lot worse. What I will say is I have suffered greatly the last few years and espec...

1 - 4 March Hoi'an was our first glimpse of the sea and the first proper relaxation time we had had in so long. We stayed in a hotel called the Grasslands Hotel for 15 dollars a night. We had a lovely room with a balcony and a swimming pool. We spent our days reading and pottering around town. It was a small fishing village with mediterrean charm on the mouth of river which headed out to the sea. It was glorious, a beautiful town with beautiful beaches and som...

26 - 28 February We arrived in Hue at 9am and neither of us had had much sleep. We booked into the first hotel we saw and spent the day looking around the South Bank of the town. It was much smaller and quieter than busy Hanoi. It was full of nice restaurants and bars, but I need to lay off the beer it doesn't seem to mix so well with my malaria medication, Doxycycline. At least I could have the odd drink though ulike when I was on Malarone, I was ill instantly....