From Hoi An to Sapa. Where to start, where to start. Since writing last, I have traveled more than half the country's length - from Da Lat to Hoi An, to Hanoi to Sapa. To best cover each city I'll split this post up. Hoi An. We arrived just out of Hoi An on the 11th of feb by a sitting bus (I think I was 2 hours in when I last wrote) at around 7 in the morning. We then taxied to Hoi An (central coast of vietnam), in which our driver nearly ran over a girl w...

I'm currently 2 hours into a 14 hour bus trip from Da Lat to Hoi An - sitting bus - fun to be had tonight, yes. Da Lat. A fairly developed Swiss/ French influenced city in Vietnam (close to) the central highlands. The cleanest and most developed city we've been to, and the coldest, with teenagers and the sort seen to be wearing pretty nifty pants and jackets. To be honest I felt as though I could have been in a eoropean city and got the vibe from several local...

Today we Arrived in My Tho (south of HoChiMinh). we had read about a .... And an orphanage in our travel guide so wanted to explore the city to see if we could find either of these read about destinations. We hired a motorbike and drove to the destination on the map (around 2 kms from where we were staying). The Buddhist temple we stumbled across was like nothing i'd seen - hundreds of bonsais around the gardens of the temple with two huge white statues standin...

The morning started with a quality baguette from ABC. Got talked into buying my first pair of sunnies off the street (70,000 dong) from a guy that wouldn't give up once he saw I was the smallest bit interested. Lessons learnt - try before you buy (lenses are foggy so pretty much worthless) and Unless you're sure you want what someone is selling, say no straight up, unless your prepared to have them around for a while. Today was the day for a tour to the Cu Chi t...

Today was amazing. Our first day in Vietnam together, exploring what Ho Chi Minh has to offer. Before I start, a recount of our arrival the night before... Anna received her visa, we had our passports stamped (stamp #1 for the record) and we hopped in a taxi to make our way to the Vy khanh Guesthouse. Our taxi driver did not understand English and we, of course, couldn't speak a word of Vietnamese to save ourselves. It was my first interaction/ conversation wi...