We finally got off the coach at 5am and were dropped in the middle of nowhere! It was only when the coach had driven off that I noticed the mini-bus on the other side of the road waiting for us! Again it was raining and the journey to the island was surreal! We drove for about 20 mins to the waterfront and then boarded the boat over a rickety wooden walkway! At the island we were given a temporary hut until breakfast so we could get a couple of hours sleep. A...

We left Hue early and arrived in Hoi An after about 4 hours at lunch time. We checked into a hotel that the coach stopped at as we had nothing booked. It was owned by the same company and was really nice - even had a swimming pool! Unfortunately we didn't use it though as we weren't there for long and also it was raining!!! We spent the afternoon wandering around and predictably I was taken in by the many tailors after a few words of encouragement from Sam! ...

We arrived early in Hue expecting to be picked up by our Hotel that we had pre-booked but we were left waiting for a while! We got a taxi in the end and checked in before getting breakfast and going to book our bus onto the next stop Hoi An. The weather was awful - really tipping it down all day which put a dampner on things! We took a 4 hour trip on the Perfume River to the Tu Duc tombs and a pagoda. Our first stop was the tombs, where we were met by moped d...

Having arrived in Hanoi we were met by a load of taxi drivers offering to take us to our hotel (which we had already booked). Our hotel was in a perfect location (right in the middle of the Old Quarter) but the hotel itself was a bit shabby. We originally booked 2 nights although later added another one so we were in 2 rooms. The first room had no lock on the door, no hot water and an immense amount of vermin in the walls which made such a racket it sounded li...

Hello!!! Well I have finally found some time to update this blog!!! We are currently in Cambodia in Phnom Penh (3rd Jan) and the boys are spending the morning at the killing fields and genicide museum.....i opeted out of that in favour of recalling my past month and a halfs actions!!!!! So.....CHINA! Since last writing we spent a couple more days in Beijing before joining the tour. We ended up having a chilling day and stayed in the hostel where we watched I...