We left in Hoi An on Monday at noon and I was a bit gutted as it was a really nice town. There wasn't much to do there but if you were into shopping then you could be entertained for days or weeks. I've probably got the worlds longest shirts now too. Thinking now I should of got some tailor made shoes to go with my suit. Before leaving Hoi I posted my clothes, gifts and souvenirs as there was no chance of getting them in my rucksack. The post office came to the h...

I managed to get away from the 3 storey bunk beds which was good, although the train was way below standard of the comfort class that we got from ho chi minh to Nha trang. Gone was the tv and the fake flowers but instead we had the pleasant smell of damp within our room. After the train set off Harr and I went to look for the dining cart for some additional drinks, it must be said the journey wasn't great to say the least. The cart next to us smelt worse, like tr...

I was sorry to leave Ho Chi Minh city, i really enjoyed it, great city, if you ever get to visit Vietnam you need to see Ho Chi Minh. We traveled to Nah Trang by a sleeper train and by sheer chance we were upgraded to comfort class as we were supposed to be in cattle class. From what I've been told cattle class is going to be 3 bunk beds one on top of each other, not sure how that is going to work but as long as i don't get the top bunk i'll be ok. Anyway the com...

We met the new tour guide last night, his name is V, i cant pronounce his full name so that will have to do...He supports Man Utd. He took us for dinner at the night market in the Ho Chi Minh city and I thought I would be adventurous and get something called "wild boar with little water" , I'm not sure what the little water was all about but the meal wasn't the best. I didn't eat much of it as it must have been 95% gristle, the sauce or "little water"'was nice th...

The border crossing from Cambodia into Vietnam was a pleasant surprise compared to the border control at Thailand - Cambodia. First of all the building didn't look shabby, it had air conditioning too and it was a dam sight cleaner. The one thing that always stood out at the Thai- Cambodia was the fact that the Cambodians had built their border control round a tree and you see the trunk going up through the roof of the building. My initial thoughts was how much c...