We left Nha Trang on the open tour bus at about 8am. We had only been going for 20mins when we stopped and the driver and his buddies got off, we were cursing, we just wanted to be on the way and hoped that we would not be stopping every 1/2 an hour. Then about 10 mins later our Canadian friend Elisa Lea got on the bus apparently they had forgot about her and left without her, which is why we had stopped. We got to Mui Ne a beach resort at about 1pm. Elisa Lea an...

We arrived from Hoi An at about 8am after another bad bus journey. The bus was really full so there was not much room and the seats were really close together even I was squashed! The temperature was also at the other extreme to the Hanoi bus , it was so hot there was no airconditioning and no fresh air. At one stage I even led on the dirty floor to try and get some sleep, but it didn't work. Behind us on the back seat a was a Canadian girl and an American guy, t...

We arrived in the afternoon after a short 5 hour bus ride form Hue. We were given a list of hotels in all price ranges, luckily we were dropped off outside the one we had picked. The room was $15 which included breakfast and the use of the swimming pool at the sister hotel, so we took it. Our first impressions of Hoi An were good it felt a lot more relaxed and quiet with not too many motos.We settled in and then went in search of lunch, the hotel staff were reall...

Arrived at 8.30am following our 12 hour bus journey from Hanoi, which was freezing because of the air-conditioning!We were hassled as soon as we got off of the bus by touts trying to get us to go their hotels, we declined and headed for a bacon, egg and cheese breakfast sandwich.As we walked back past the bus stop a French couple that had been on our bus but were not stopping in Hue recommend a hotel for us.The hotel was only a 2 minute walk but it was fully book...

We left for Ha Long Bay quite early and got on to a packed mini-bus, the journey took about 3 hours with one stop. When we arrived at the dock we were told that our tour had been changed slightly, we were now going to spend our first night on Cat Ba Island rather than on the Junk boat as it was full.This was fine with us as we would just do the tour the other way round.Once on the boat we sailed out into the bay and toward the limestone pinnacles, there are appar...