Mui Ne, 19-21 April We went to Mui Ne to see what a beach retreat in Vietnam would be like, we came out with a bit of a different experience but a great one nonetheless. Unfortunately our bus dropped us up where the older beach resorts were. This would have been lovely were it not for the rapid rate of beach erosion which meant that the sea was knocking on the back door of most of the resorts rather than gently lapping the shore a few meters beyond it. Not ...

Hi Everyone, Sorry its been so long since we posted anything up, I'm aiming to catch up with it all today, starting with our most recent adventure: Easy Riding in Dalat 18th April We arrived in Dalat yesterday afternoon after a 5 hour bus journey from Nha Trang. Dalat is high up in Vietnam's central highlands so we appreciated the 24 Deg temperatures we were greeted with when stepping off of the bus! This made it a lot easier to trek over 500m uphill to our hot...

Nha Trang 14th-16th April Some complications with our card meant we only just made the sleeper bus to Nha Trang (an 11 hour journey). This had the combined effect of me (Alex) and Sophie not being able to sleep next to each other and me having to sleep in between to French couples. There was little to separate the beds and I'm pretty sure they had garlic for dinner, not good! Nha Trang was very much a sun and sand holiday resort for backpackers, ex-pats a...

Hoi An 12th-15th April Hoi An was a cool place, by the riverside feels a bit like being in France if it wasn't for the heat and humidity (which we are getting a bit sick of by now). Thankfully our hotel had a swimming pool (most of the hotels do here, and for good money! $8 a night each for a 3 star hotel). There were some pretty delightful French style bakeries which sold the best chocolate croissants ever! After eating at one of these we got down to the...

Hue 11th-13th April (We accidentally deleted the blog about the 36 hour nightmare journey from Vang Vieng to Hue but I'll re-do it soon!) When we arrived in Hue at 2am, we were absolutely shattered and so thankful of a bed, we paid a little more than we wanted to but were in no fit state to shop around. The first day in Hue we were still a bit tired so we didn't get very far with the sight seeing, mostly we saw three meals and an early night. The next ...