We were very lucky to have found the 26.00 flights from Saigon to Dalat! The flight took only 40 min instead of a 6 hour bus ride. We arrived by taxi (it was a beautiful 35 min. drive from the airport- mountainous country covered with lovely pine trees.) and were dropped off at our hotel- Thieng An. As soon as stepped out of our taxi we were struck by how chilly it was! We went for a walk for supper and all I had was my new shawl from Bali and it was certainly ...

After a 12 hour bus ride from hell (that is with a capital H-E-L-L; note to self, book a flight next time says Terry!)We loved Hoi An. It is a beautiful small city full of French colonial 'asian' buildings, and everywhere we looked in the Ancient City we wanted to take a picture! Here are huge trees with feathery leaves which gently wave in the the breeze across the streets. They are heavily laden with beautiful startlingly pink clusters of flowers. Seriously stu...

Were back in Vietnam - home of the consummate cup of coffee! We love it iced, hot, and strong! The dripping strong brew mixed with condensed milk is a treat we love and it is everywhere! Saigon is better than we expected. Our hotel is in a perfect location - Close to the Bien Thanh market, shopping, Notre Dame, the War Remants Museum, etc. The room is nice and we love escaping to it to throw ourselves on the bed and swoon under the air conditioner! It is Ho...

We decided to just head to the beach town of Hua Hin to catch some sun. It is the beach city that the locals go to by bus or mini bus as it is only 2.5 hours south of Bangkok. It was lovely, but there was a typhoon in the Philippines that affected the weather all over Asia. So the first g'day was cloudy - BUT that did not affect the rays as both of is turned quite pink while reading by the pool! We went to the night market and were astounded by the huge amount...

After seeing mom off we moved to our next guesthouse the Lemonseed. It had received good reviews on Trip Advisor so we booked it. At first we were not very happy, it seemed like we were stuck in some small backalley just off some busy Bangkok street but the room was large and very clean...and the small restaurant in the guesthouse serves up a mean PadThai (a Traditional Thai dish) Once the owner (a brit and his very friendly Thai wife) clued us in we found out...