Hello people, Well, on our first and last night in Hanoi we visited the water puppet theatre, which was actually quite entertaining, even though puppets freak me out quite a bit (remember Pob? that was just plain disturbing!) The following day we took a two day boat tour around Halong Bay, which consists of thousands of limestone cliffs spread over about 150 km of water. We did a panoramic journey around the bay, taking in the spectacular views and visi...

We spent the last two days in Hue; a sweet little town with great sunsets over the river. Yesterday we took a boat trip down the perfume river to visit the local pragoda, then in the afternnon we went for a walk through the local park which has many different arty type statues. Dean took along his new toy; it's a kind of shuttle c*** thing which you kick about (a popular game across Vietnam). I entertained him for a while with this before giving up (too hot ...

Well, we've been in Vietnam for almost a week, and it has to be said that I think this country is really beautiful. We spent the last two days in Hoi An; definitely one of my favourite places of the trip. No, not for it's beautiful white sands (Though always a bonus!) nor for the local sites, but instead, for the shopping! How deep I am! I'm all about the culture me. There are over 200 tailors in Hoi An, who provide tailor made clothes at an amazing spe...

Hi y'all Well we are in Vietnam, and have been for the past three days. We took the bus from Phnom Pehn across the boarder into Saigon, where we stayed for one day. Saigon is a pretty huge city and a bit manic, but it's okay because they have great chocolate cookies and cheap internet, so this compensates for the madness. During our day in Saigon we took a trip to the Cu Chi tunnels, which were used as hideout for the Viet Cong guerillas during their w...