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...

Sleeping bus from Hoi An to Nha Trang was actually pretty good! Tom could pretty much fit in the bed and the air con actually worked! Charlie's did leak on her for a bit though, until engineering cunning and a poncho fixed it. But we settled down pretty well with Vietnamese crushed into every spare bit of space in the bus including the aisle. Arrived in Nha Trang at 6AM to see a very busy beach full of Vietnamese swimming, exercising and doing something similr...