After snorkelling during the day in Nha Trang we spent the afternoon and evening sheltering in cafes and bars, waiting for our bus at 9:30 - another sleeper bus! This one looked far less comfortable despite being promised the 'best seats on the bus''it appeared we had the worst! We slept much better in fact, and arrived refreshed in Ho Chi Minh city at 6am! This is another place where the locals are crazy on early morning exercise - most intruiging, as they don't...

After a quiet day in Hue, an evening in an Indian restuarant and a night watching an American film on the hotel TV (very cultural), we left for HoiAn! We arrived at lunchtime and spent the afternoon wandering around the old streets, checking out the attractions. They were mostly old temples and workhouses and beautiful if not particularly exciting, but the wooden fronts of the houses in the old town were enough in themselves! HoiAn is famous for it's tailor ma...

And we're in Vietnam! It all feels a little rushed, but I think we are just very efficient sight-seeers (and also trying to fit a lot into 5 weeks!) We travelled back from Vang Vieng to Vientiane a few days ago, managing to catch the local bus from the side of the road. This one was packed, mostly with rice! The bags were filling the isles, so to reach a seat we had to climb along the top of it all! Pretty cool. We didn't want to go back to Vietiane really, bu...

I can now say I've been tubing in Vang Vieng, and got the t-shirt! We arrived into Laos with no problems at all, muddling through the visa process with a guy we'd met in Nong Khai. We then tuktuked straight over to sort out the Vietnam visa, and spent the rest of the afternoon in a cafe drinking fruit smoothies and beer! Luxury. We've definitely slowed down a lot over the last few days, but Laos is supposed to be chilled so we're just following the vibe! We sta...

So, we are near the Laos border! Decided to stop the night in NongKhai to break up the journey a little and see the sculpture park - we hadn't showered for far too long before arriving at the hostel, and im not too sure how many times i've brushed my teeth in the last few days either! We're staying at a cool hostel right on the Mekong River - lots more mosquitoes but lovely scenery! We're almost out of our 95% DEET already eek! I dragged Ollie to visit the Tesco ...