Today was a little bit of a non-day. Part of the problem with arriving for Tet is that it lasts for such a long time! We hadn't made any plans to progress on from Saigon, and many of the travel bureaux (particularly the ones recommended by the Lonely Planet as good!) were closed for a few more days. We decided to move hotel, down to the Pham Ngu Lao area, which is really backpacker central in Saigon, and then to have a wander around & plot our next move. We ...

Well it's been a little while since I've written anything - being in Africa was strangely disconnecting (no power, phones or water on some days, and no broadband at all!). I've made some notes, though, so will try to respospectively post some thoughts. Anyway, on to the present - so after a couple of days acclimatising to Asia in Singapore, it was north to Vietnam. The planning, as always, was possibly a little bit short-horizon; we rang round in a slightly fren...