We left Saigon bleary eyed after a short nights sleep, booked on the sinh cafe bus at 6.30 meant a very early start after being late to bed following the bag snatching the night before. The bus journey was good though, we slept for the first couple of hours and arrived at the Cambodian border at around 10PM. The guide on the bus had leveraged our border fees out of us already so that was all sorted and we were in Cambodia! Another couple of hours on the bus u...

Summary of our time in Vietnam, its been a really enjoyable time here but wow the travelling is hard work. Favourite Place - Mui Ne (Tom), Hoi An (Charlie) Worst Place - Hue (Both, mainly due to illness though) Best Meal - Seafood BBQ First night in Mui Ne (Both) Worst Meal - Tiny overpriced fish last night in Hoi An (Tom), £6 Tiger Prawn last night in Mui Ne (Charlie) Best Drink - Green Saigon (Tom), Vietnamese Coffee with sweet milk (Charlie) Worst Dri...

Ho Chi Minh City or Saigon as everyone still seems to call it is definately the furthest west (so to speak) we've been on our travels so far. Pavements are actually for walking (and the odd rogue scooter), cars and scooters obey traffic lights and the temperature is fairly sensible! We've even managed to find western style department and electronic stores. Arrival in Saigon was fairly standard, wander off the bus to be attacked by a bunch of locals wanting to ...

WORST BUS JOURNEY EVER. FACT! It was a tiny little bus, with zero leg room, especially as I (Charlie) was seated over a wheel arch. So after 4 hours of sitting cross legged (on some outrageously bumpy roads) we arrived, very grumpy (Charlie) in Mui Ne. Our spirits were worsened futher in searching for a hotel room, as we decided we would try and scope the Lonely Planet's "pick". After about a km of walking in the baking heat and not yet reaching it, we decided ...

Bus journey up to Dalat from Nha Trang was very scenic. They obviously have trouble with the buses overheating going into the mountains as they turned the AC off and opened the windows and door on some of the climbs. Not that you needed it the climate here is PERFECT, so cool and clean after the heat and stagnation we felt in the air on the coast. On arrival in Dalat we found a cheap hotel with massive bedrooms which we were fairly happy with. Next mission was...