HUE - 22 - 23 MAY  Hi everyone,  we left beautiful Hoi An on 22nd may and headed for Hue on a 4 hour bus trip, with simon feeling alot better!  We had heard that there was not much to do in Hue so we decided to just see the sights as quick as possible and head on upto Hanoi.  So the minute we got there we went and booked our train tickets to Hanoi and then took a cyclo to the Citadel and Imperial City, the home to the many emperors during the ...

Hoi An - what can we say about Hoi an?  this place is amazing, we arrived here 17th May with the intention of staying 4 nights.  We were meant to leave this morning to head to Hue but Simon has been ill all night with a touch of food poisioning so we have re-scheduled till tomorrow depending on how he is feeling.  Hoi An is a quaint little old town built in the 17th century next to the thu bon river.  Luckily it was not touched by bombin...

Da Nang - 16th April - we arrived here on the overnight train at 5am.  Most travellers do not stop here but we thought we would stay one night as it is not very westernized and it is the 4th largest city in vietnam.  it is quite pricey aswell.  not much to report on da nang really except it is the home to the cham empries museum (bit boring though) and then if you go over the bridge you get to the infamous China beach and MyKhe.  These beahces...

hello from Nha Trang!? Again i am writing this before we head off for another destination further up the coast!? We got that bus i was telling you about and si is vowing not to do the bus again overnight for 10 hours solid although we can't really complain as it did only cost 2.50 pounds each!? it wasn't too bad but si thought it was pure hell, needless to say we are booked on a soft sleeper overnight train tonight to go to Da nang, it has cost us 20 engl...

Hello from Vietnam!  We are curently in Ho Chi Minh City although not for much longer as we leave in 3 hours!  We have been here since the 8th and stayed in the lovely Miss Loi's guesthouse as recommended by Lonely Planet for 5 pounds a night with cable tv, a fridge, a HOT shower (not had one of those for a while) and free breakfast of pineapple, watermelon, a baguette with cheese or jam and tea/coffee! Our journey here was a long one, but we ar...