Itvwasnt on the 15th may i forgot to change date but actually took place around the 8th of may or something ike that! this actually was the bus journey from hell!!!! no kidding!!! i dont think i will even be able to give this exert justice as to how bad it all was!!! 26 hrs!!!!! i have had ong journeys and have become used to them but this was a joke! we paid $17 (a total rip off). The bus was at 6pm so we were told to be at our hostel for about 5.15pm as a wee b...

This place is a very pretty little town! lots of little streets and very traditional! we really liked it! the only reason though we came here was becasue there was supposed to be a night where all the streets were lit up with lanterns and there was traditonal dance and crafts and music and drink. It turns out it was a few days before.....stupid LP!! we went out anyway and wandered about the town and had an amazing dinner!! we then went to a very cheap bar that wa...

Today was pouring with rain and when i mean pouring i mean anough to flood!!!!! when it rains it rains!!!! Probably not the best day to trapes around sightseeing at the museums but ah well the rain didnt last. We went to ho chi mhin resting place first but didnt get there in time for it closing! you can only go and view his body till 11am each day and we spent so log sorting our bus tickets out that even with a taxi we never got there in time!! we got absolutely ...

Today we planned to go to the museums and stuff but turns out on a friday everything is closed!!!!!!! instead we spent the day wandering about the old quarter bits we hadnt bee and bought a stack of dvd's........50p a go! excited about watching them ha ha! also bought a coupl of pairs of sunglasses as i ahve lost and broken so mnay! i am already on my 5th pair of the trip! we went to a pub called the polite pub and had a good few beers and relaxed then had dinner...

we went to ha long bay today and it is stunning! one fo the mopst beautiful places i have seen yet! just check out my photos (when i get chance to put them on....this internet cafe doesnt have a cd drive...it had no drives ha ha!) it was a very early start but picked us up at 730am! took over three hours to get there and it was roasting! my washing still wasnt ready although the hoste said t would be so i was wearing no uderwear my jeans and a top (same as yeste...