Arriving into Hanoi on a sleeper bus at 6am Is not good as, as soon as you step off the bus you are hounded by taxi drivers and people trying to sell you their Brothers, son in laws, sisters, fathers 'Very very nice' hotel. Of course we ignored all of them and got a taxi to Matts friends Bar. Also called a Matt he is also from Stowmarket and has been living in Vietnam, Hanoi for 3 years now with his Candian wife. His bar is called La Pub so we set about getting a...

We arrived in Hoi An and checked into the Hoa My hotel where Rach had told us to go as that is where her and Matt checked into the previous day at the end of the Easy Rider tour. We checked in and Rach must have heard my voice as she came out of her room to see me all moley eyed and tired. She shortly went back to bed and so did we after we got in our room. A few hours later we all went for something to eat and a look around Hoi An. Hoi An is famous for having ...

On arrival into Nah Trang me and Kynan the Ozzy guy checked into Nah Trang Backpackers, already in the room were two girls called Beck (Melbourne) & Charlotte (Watford) already in the room. We had a chat with the girls and all agreed to go out for a few later that night. Kynan & myself went for something to eat and then headed back to the room to get ready to go out. We all went for a few drinks/ buckets of cocktails in a bar called Why Not. Beck showed...

We arrived in Dalat 8 hrs after leaving Saigon and checked into our room. As usual we dumped our bags and heading out for food. We walked into the local town and ate at a Hawker stall. We are getting used to eating th street ood now. They look absolutly vile with whole chickens hanging around, pig intesties etc but the food is lovely an dirt cheap. The ollowing morning we went on a half day tour with 3 men on there motrbikes, we went to The Dragon Pagoda (as in t...

After 8 weeks in Malaysia we were happ to land in another country, not because we didnt like Malaysia, we loved it, we were happy to move on to see new people, cultures and experience different landscapes. On landing in Ho Chi Minh otherwise known as Saigon prior to Ho Chi Minh's death but still called Saigon by the older Vietnamise generation we jumped in our taxi to Madame Cuc hotel right in the center of Saigon. On driing through Saigon we were acutly aware ...