Hi all, I'm down to my last few days in Vietnam now and have spent almost 2 weeks here in Hanoi. It's been a fabulous fortnight but mainly because of all the fantastic people I've met, Hanoi itself hasn't been my favourite place in Vietnam! There's loads of museums and temples but I'm bored of them now so only went to Hoa Lo Prison Museum which was pretty interesting. It was nicknamed the "Hanoi Hilton" by the American POWs held there during the war a...

Hi all, We arrived in Nha Trang last night after 3 FANTASTIC days on the back of a motorbike travelling from Dalat in the Central Hghlands here to Nha Trang on the coast. We had a day of pottering around in Dalat which is a really pretty own but with little to do. It's the honeymoon capital of Vietnam so romance was everywhere (YUKYUKYUKYUKYUK...I'm not bitter...) and myself and Kim had to share a double bed as there were no twin rooms to be found! We met these ...

Sing Jow from MY Tho in the Mekong Delta, We had an interesting few days after leaving Saigon and have just about got over the HUMUNGOUS ripping off we suffered at the hands of a horrible little bus man. We thought we'd go cheaply to the Mekong Delta by getting local buses instead of an organised tour, it all started off well, we got on a local bus...with much staring and pointing from the locals (Kind of a theme in Vietnam so far!) got dropped of at the bus sta...

Sing Jow from Vietnam! We arrived afely in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) and have somehow survived without being killed on the roads. You'll probably think I'm exaggerating when I say this city has got the scariest, craziest, insanest (Yes it is a word) drivers IN THE WORLD but I'm really not. Phnom Penh was nothing compared to this place! There seem to be more mopeds than people, they drive on whatever side of the road they fancy, they don't stop at red lights and ...