Hanoi (2 Nights) After a pleasant and short flight we arrived in the capital of Vietnam. A huge city, yes with many scooters and horns. The outskirts of the city you see miles and miles of rice paddies. The architecture is again of French influence and a huge mix of very old and new. It's so much colder than down South. After booking into our hotel which is in the Old quarter we put down our bags and headed to the famous ancient art of Water Puppetry at the l...

Hoi An (3 Nights) We arrived at 6am - how jaded we felt after the sleepless 12 hour bus ride! Luckily Charmaine had given us the address of a delightful hotel "An Huy". Were we spent the next 3 nights. We crashed for a couple of hours before heading on to the streets - famous for their tailors! I was in heaven! Hoi An is an enchanting city lying on the river. It is a Unesco World Heritage site. You certainly feel like you are walking on the pa...

Nha Trang (3 nights) After a scenic drive we arrived in Nha Trang. We were so looking forward to getting back on the beach and it was raining!!! Come on sun we need you... The long white beach was gorgeous, just a shame that there seemed to be a lot of litter washed on the shore!!! Shame. We stayed one road back from the beach, great spot. Bars one side and beach the other. The next day was still overcast but not raining. We headed to the famous...

Nha Trang (3 nights) After a scenic drive we arrived in Nha Trang. We were so looking forward to getting back on the beach and it was raining!!! Come on sun we need you... The long white beach was gorgeous, just a shame that there seemed to be a lot of litter washed on the shore!!! Shame. We stayed one road back from the beach, great spot. Bars one side and beach the other. The next day was still overcast but not raining. We headed to the famous...

DALAT (2 nights) After a scenic 6 hour bus journey to the mountain town of Dalat. Both of us were not 100% - due to dodgy food - cam e dodgy tummies so on arrival we checked into a cheap hotel were we chilled watching movies and felt sorry for ourselves. Desperate for home comforts. An early night sorted us out - ready for a full day of sight seeing. Sight seeing of the ever so "cheesy" town of Dalat. A much busy place then we both expected and th...