Hello! We are in Ho chi Minh City at the airport waiting for our flight to Thailand. We have spent a very exciting and enjoyable 2 weeks in Vietnam. After seeing Cat Ba Island and Ha Long Bay we flew south to Hue where we visited the Citadel which still had many ruined buildings which have not been repaired from the war. We also visited the market in the city which was the biggest market either of us had ever seen. From Hue we went to Hoi An down the coast. The w...

Hello! We have had a very adventurous last couple of days staying on Cat Ba Island, the largest island in the magical Ha Long Bay. Our trip here from Hanoi was relatively easy. We took two buses and a boat and arrived just after sunset, checking into a little family run hotel opposite the pier for $8 a night. On our first full day we rented a scooter and set about exploring the island. The roads, for the most part, were surprisingly smooth and only once did we h...